rester
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English restar, restere, equivalent to rest + -er.
Noun edit
rester (plural resters)
- One who rests.
- 2013, Diane P. Koenker, Club Red: Vacation Travel and the Soviet Dream, page 136:
- Their ideal vacation experience made the rester the focus of care, the object of medical, cultural, and culinary attention.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French rester, from Old French rester, from Latin restāre. According to the Trésor informatisé, the Old French is a borrowing from Latin. What speaks in favour of this is the preservation of [st], which in a popular word should be simplified to [t] (yielding modern *rêter). Alternatively it could be inherited, but influenced by the Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rester
- (intransitive) to stay
- On est restés à l’hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
- We stayed at the hotel for a good part of the trip, we were all sick.
- to remain, be left over
- 2018, Zaz, on s'en remet jamais
- Est-ce que tout ce que l’on se promet a pu se perdre dans un désert ? Ne reste-t-il que des poussières une fois que l’amour est absent.
- Could everything we hope for have been lost in a desert? Nothing but dust is left once the love is missing.
- Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
- There remains a bit of rice in the fridge, if you want.
- 2018, Zaz, on s'en remet jamais
- to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
- Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l’ai rencontrée.
- She remained as she was when I met her.
- (rare) to rest
- (Louisiana, Canada) to live
- Moi, je reste au Québec.
- Me, I live in Quebec.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | rester | |||||
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compound | être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | restant /ʁɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | resté /ʁɛs.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | reste /ʁɛst/ |
restes /ʁɛst/ |
reste /ʁɛst/ |
restons /ʁɛs.tɔ̃/ |
restez /ʁɛs.te/ |
restent /ʁɛst/ |
imperfect | restais /ʁɛs.tɛ/ |
restais /ʁɛs.tɛ/ |
restait /ʁɛs.tɛ/ |
restions /ʁɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
restiez /ʁɛs.tje/ |
restaient /ʁɛs.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | restai /ʁɛs.te/ |
restas /ʁɛs.ta/ |
resta /ʁɛs.ta/ |
restâmes /ʁɛs.tam/ |
restâtes /ʁɛs.tat/ |
restèrent /ʁɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
future | resterai /ʁɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
resteras /ʁɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
restera /ʁɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
resterons /ʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
resterez /ʁɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
resteront /ʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | resterais /ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
resterais /ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
resterait /ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
resterions /ʁɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resteriez /ʁɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
resteraient /ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | reste /ʁɛst/ |
restes /ʁɛst/ |
reste /ʁɛst/ |
restions /ʁɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
restiez /ʁɛs.tje/ |
restent /ʁɛst/ |
imperfect2 | restasse /ʁɛs.tas/ |
restasses /ʁɛs.tas/ |
restât /ʁɛs.ta/ |
restassions /ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
restassiez /ʁɛs.ta.sje/ |
restassent /ʁɛs.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | reste /ʁɛst/ |
— | restons /ʁɛs.tɔ̃/ |
restez /ʁɛs.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Ladin edit
Verb edit
rester
Conjugation edit
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | rester, resté | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | restan | |||
past participle | resté | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | reste, resteie | restes, resteies | resta, resteia, restea | reston | resteis | resta, resteia |
imperfect | restove | restoves | restova | restovan | restovais | restova |
future | restaré | restaras | restarà | restaron | restareis | restarà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | reste, resteie | restes, resteies | reste, resteie | reston | resteis | reste |
imperfect | restasse | restasses | restassa | restassan | restassais | restassa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | resta, resteia | — | reston | restede | — |
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
rester
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
rester m
- indefinite plural of rest
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin restāre, present active infinitive of restō.
Verb edit
rester
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | rester | estre resté, resteü | |||||
gerund | en restant | gerund of estre + past participle | |||||
present participle | restant | ||||||
past participle | resté, resteü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | restois | restas, restais | resta, restait | restons | restez | restont |
imperfect | restoie, resteie, restoe, resteve | restoies, resteies, restoes, resteves | restoit, resteit, restot, resteve | restiiens, restiens | restiiez, restiez | restoient, resteient, restoent, restevent | |
preterite | restui, restai | resteüs, restas | restut, resta | resteümes, restames | resteüstes, restastes | resturent, resterent | |
future | resterai | resteras | restera | resterons | resteroiz, restereiz, resterez | resteront | |
conditional | resteroie, restereie | resteroies, restereies | resteroit, restereit | resteriiens, resteriens | resteriiez, resteriez | resteroient, restereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | restoise, restace | restoises, restaces | restoise, restoist, restace | restons | restez | restoisent, restacent |
imperfect | resteüsse, restasse | resteüsses, restasses | resteüst, restast | resteüssons, resteüssiens, restissons, restissiens | resteüssoiz, resteüssez, resteüssiez, restissoiz, restissez, restissiez | resteüssent, restassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | resta | — | restons | restez | — |
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
rester
- indefinite plural of rest