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Webster 1913 Edition
Retarder
Re-tard′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, retards.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retarder
RET'ARDER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
retarder
retarder
English
Noun
retarder (plural retarders)
- Something which retards or slows.
- The substance acted as a retarder to the chemical reaction because it radically changed the pH.
Synonyms
- (something which retards or slows): bottleneck, inhibitor, retardant, limiter
Antonyms
- (something which retards or slows): accelerant, promoter, quickener
French
Pronunciation
Verb
retarder
- to retard, to slow down
- Sa bêtise nous a énormément retardé. — His stupidity greatly slowed us down.
- to postpone, to put back
Conjugation
Conjugation of retarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retarder | avoir retardé | |||||
| gerund | en retardant | en ayant retardé | |||||
| present participle | retardant /ʁə.taʁ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retardé /ʁə.taʁ.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retarde /ʁə.taʁd/ |
retardes /ʁə.taʁd/ |
retarde /ʁə.taʁd/ |
retardons /ʁə.taʁ.dɔ̃/ |
retardez /ʁə.taʁ.de/ |
retardent /ʁə.taʁd/ |
| imperfect | retardais /ʁə.taʁ.dɛ/ |
retardais /ʁə.taʁ.dɛ/ |
retardait /ʁə.taʁ.dɛ/ |
retardions /ʁə.taʁ.djɔ̃/ |
retardiez /ʁə.taʁ.dje/ |
retardaient /ʁə.taʁ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retardai /ʁə.taʁ.de/ |
retardas /ʁə.taʁ.da/ |
retarda /ʁə.taʁ.da/ |
retardâmes /ʁə.taʁ.dam/ |
retardâtes /ʁə.taʁ.dat/ |
retardèrent /ʁə.taʁ.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | retarderai /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁe/ |
retarderas /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁa/ |
retardera /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁa/ |
retarderons /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
retarderez /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁe/ |
retarderont /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retarderais /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
retarderais /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
retarderait /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
retarderions /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retarderiez /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁje/ |
retarderaient /ʁə.taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retarde /ʁə.taʁd/ |
retardes /ʁə.taʁd/ |
retarde /ʁə.taʁd/ |
retardions /ʁə.taʁ.djɔ̃/ |
retardiez /ʁə.taʁ.dje/ |
retardent /ʁə.taʁd/ |
| imperfect1 |
retardasse /ʁə.taʁ.das/ |
retardasses /ʁə.taʁ.das/ |
retardât /ʁə.taʁ.da/ |
retardassions /ʁə.taʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
retardassiez /ʁə.taʁ.da.sje/ |
retardassent /ʁə.taʁ.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | retarde /ʁə.taʁd/ |
— | retardons /ʁə.taʁ.dɔ̃/ |
retardez /ʁə.taʁ.de/ |
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Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
Verb
retarder
- (transitive) to retard; to delay; to make late
- li qel paiement par la dite encheson ad esté uncore retardez, Bretigny 28.18
- The aforementioned payment by the same occasion has again been delayed
- li qel paiement par la dite encheson ad esté uncore retardez, Bretigny 28.18
Conjugation
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.
Conjugation of retarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | retarder | avoir retardé | |||||
| gerund | en retardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | retardant | ||||||
| past participle | retardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | retart | retardes | retarde | retardons | retardez | retardent |
| imperfect | retardoie, retardeie, retardoe, retardeve | retardoies, retardeies, retardoes, retardeves | retardoit, retardeit, retardot, retardeve | retardiiens, retardiens | retardiiez, retardiez | retardoient, retardeient, retardoent, retardevent | |
| preterite | retardai | retardas | retarda | retardames | retardastes | retarderent | |
| future | retarderai | retarderas | retardera | retarderons | retarderoiz, retardereiz, retarderez | retarderont | |
| conditional | retarderoie, retardereie | retarderoies, retardereies | retarderoit, retardereit | retarderiiens, retarderiens | retarderiiez, retarderiez | retarderoient, retardereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | retart | retarz | retart | retardons | retardez | retardent |
| imperfect | retardasse | retardasses | retardast | retardissons, retardissiens | retardissoiz, retardissez, retardissiez | retardassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | retarde | — | retardons | retardez | — | ||