carer
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹə(ɹ)/
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ)
Noun
carer (plural carers)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.
- Have you thought of a job as a carer for disabled people?
- He retired early to be a full-time carer for his wife / husband.
- '2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 211:
- Her business was a one-woman outfit that offered accredited first-aid training courses for teachers, carers, sports coaches, antenatal classes, workplace groups, and the police; the classes ranged from basic defibrillator training to what was now called psychological first aid.
Synonyms
- caregiver (US, Canada)
Derived terms
Translations
someone who regularly looks after another person
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French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Conjugation
Conjugation of carer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | carer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | carant /ka.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | caré /ka.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | care /kaʁ/ |
cares /kaʁ/ |
care /kaʁ/ |
carons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ |
carez /ka.ʁe/ |
carent /kaʁ/ |
imperfect | carais /ka.ʁɛ/ |
carais /ka.ʁɛ/ |
carait /ka.ʁɛ/ |
carions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cariez /ka.ʁje/ |
caraient /ka.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | carai /ka.ʁe/ |
caras /ka.ʁa/ |
cara /ka.ʁa/ |
carâmes /ka.ʁam/ |
carâtes /ka.ʁat/ |
carèrent /ka.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | carerai /ka.ʁə.ʁe/ |
careras /ka.ʁə.ʁa/ |
carera /ka.ʁə.ʁa/ |
carerons /ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
carerez /ka.ʁə.ʁe/ |
careront /ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | carerais /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carerais /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carerait /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carerions /ka.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
careriez /ka.ʁə.ʁje/ |
careraient /ka.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 | care /kaʁ/ |
cares /kaʁ/ |
care /kaʁ/ |
carions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cariez /ka.ʁje/ |
carent /kaʁ/ |
imperfect2 | carasse /ka.ʁas/ |
carasses /ka.ʁas/ |
carât /ka.ʁa/ |
carassions /ka.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
carassiez /ka.ʁa.sje/ |
carassent /ka.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | care /kaʁ/ |
— | carons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ |
carez /ka.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). |
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkarɛr/, (South Wales also) /ˈkaːrɛr/
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