rétrograde
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/
- Homophones: rétrogradent, rétrogrades
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin retrōgradus.
Adjective
rétrograde (plural rétrogrades)
- retrograde
- Coordinate term: antérograde
- amnésie rétrograde ― retrograde amnesia
- (derogatory) retrograde, backwards
- Synonym: réactionnaire
- des idées rétrogrades ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rétrograde
- inflection of rétrograder:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “rétrograde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.