tarder

From Middle Cornish tardar, from Proto-Brythonic *taradr, from Proto-Celtic *taratrom, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₁trom. Cognate with Breton tarar, Irish tarathar (“auger”), Late Latin taratrum (via Gaulish, whence French tarière, Spanish taladro, Portuguese trado), and Welsh taradr.

tarder m (plural terder)

1. drill

tarder

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of tardra
2. second-person singular imperative of tardra

Inherited from Old French tarder, from Latin tardāre.

• IPA^(key): /taʁ.de/

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tarder

1. to tarry
2. to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose)
3. Used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience.

   Il me tardait de vous voir.

   I couldn't wait to see you.

• tard
• tardif

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

• retard, trader

tarder

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tardō

From Latin tardāre.

tarder

1. (reflexive, se tarder) to wait; to hesitate
   • c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:

     Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
     De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]

     And the lion who was watching
     Did not wait any longer to help him.

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• tart
• targier

• French: tarder