égarer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French égarer, esgarer, from Old French esgarer, esguarer (“to lose one's way; be troubled or worried”), from Old French es- + Frankish *warōn (“to heed, pay attention to”). By surface analysis, é- + garer.
Pronunciation
Verb
égarer
- (transitive) to misplace
- Near-synonym: perdre
- La dernière fois que je l'avais vu, il avait égaré ses clefs.
- Last time I saw him he had misplaced his keys.
- (transitive) to mislead, misinform
- Synonym: tromper
- (transitive) to lead astray
- Synonym: fourvoyer
- (reflexive) to get lost, go astray, to lose one's way; to wander
Conjugation
Conjugation of égarer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | égarer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | égarant /e.ɡa.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | égaré /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
égares /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
égarons /e.ɡa.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/ |
égarez /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ |
égarent /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
| imperfect | égarais /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ |
égarais /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ |
égarait /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ |
égarions /e.ɡa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égariez /e.ɡa.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁje/ |
égaraient /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | égarai /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ |
égaras /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/ |
égara /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/ |
égarâmes /e.ɡa.ʁam/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁam/ |
égarâtes /e.ɡa.ʁat/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁat/ |
égarèrent /e.ɡa.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | égarerai /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
égareras /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
égarera /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
égarerons /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
égarerez /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
égareront /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | égarerais /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
égarerais /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
égarerait /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
égarerions /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égareriez /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
égareraient /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
égares /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
égarions /e.ɡa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égariez /e.ɡa.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁje/ |
égarent /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | égarasse /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/ |
égarasses /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/ |
égarât /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/ |
égarassions /e.ɡa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
égarassiez /e.ɡa.ʁa.sje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sje/ |
égarassent /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
— | égarons /e.ɡa.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/ |
égarez /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “égarer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.