regarder
French, verb/ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/
regarder is spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written French, the 770th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regarder is a French verb meaning “to look at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Porter ses regards sur quelque chose ou quelqu’un”.
What does regarder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look at
Tu regardes quoi ?
- 2
to watch
Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse.
- 3
to face
- 4
to concern (be associated with)
Ça ne vous regarde pas.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Porter ses regards sur quelque chose ou quelqu’un. 2. Être vis-à-vis ; être tourné vers, s'ouvrir vers, en parlant des choses. 3. Considérer ; examiner avec attention. 4. Estimer ; juger ; réputer.
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 regarder
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- regardant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- regardé participle past
- regarde first-person indicative present
- regardes indicative present second-person
- regardons first-person indicative plural
- regardez indicative plural present
- regardent indicative plural present
- regardais first-person imperfect indicative
- regardait imperfect indicative singular
- regardions first-person imperfect indicative
- regardiez imperfect indicative plural
- regardaient imperfect indicative plural
- regardai first-person historic indicative
- regardas historic indicative past
- regarda historic indicative past
- regardâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regarder?
- /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/
- /ʁɡaʁ.de/
- \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to regarder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regarder in French?
regarder appears 107 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).