gardien

From Old French guardian, guardein (“protector, guard”), from an earlier *gardenc, the first root deriving from guarder and the second from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz, cf the similarly-formed Italian guardingo . The suffix was later changed; compare the Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin guardianus, which may have influenced it. Doublet of gardian.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.djɛ̃/

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gardien m (plural gardiens, feminine gardienne)

1. guard (someone who keeps guard of something)
2. guardian, warden (protector)
3. guardian (someone who looks after something else)
4. (law) guardian
5. (sports) ellipsis of gardien de but (goalkeeper; goaltender; goalie)
6. (North America) babysitter

   Synonym: baby-sitter m or f

• garde
• garder
• gardiennage

• “gardien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• daigner, dénigra, geindra, grandie