gare
French, noun
gare is spelled G-A-R-E (4 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written French, the 1,953rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gare is a French feminine noun meaning “railway station” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of garer. With an accent, garé is a different word: “past participle of garer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tronçon de voie fluviale aménagée pour faciliter la circulation et la protection des navires”.
What does gare mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerailway station
interjection
- 1
beware
Gare au refroidissement !
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of garer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tronçon de voie fluviale aménagée pour faciliter la circulation et la protection des navires. 2. Ensemble des installations et bâtiments établis à chaque station des lignes de chemin de fer. 3. En particulier, (téléphérique)
interjection: 1. S’emploie lorsqu’on avertit de se ranger, de se détourner pour laisser passer quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 2. Il se dit aussi pour avertir quelqu’un du châtiment qu’il recevra s’il ne prend garde à lui, s’il ne fait pas mieux son devoir.
adjective: 1. Qualifie un véhicule en stationnement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gare
- gares plural
- garée feminine
- garés masculine plural
- garées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gare in French?
gare appears 43 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).