"regret" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/ Audio: Fr-regret.ogg Forms: regrets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French regret, from Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix-) + greter (to weep), from Frankish *grêtan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”) and Frankish *grêotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”). More at regret. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|frm|regret}} Middle French regret, {{uder|fr|fro|regret||lamentation, complaint}} Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), {{m|fro|regreter||to lament}} regreter (“to lament”), {{af|fr|re-|greter|nocat=1|tr1=intensive prefix-|tr2=to weep}} re- (intensive prefix-) + greter (to weep), {{der|fr|frk|*grêtan||to weep, mourn, lament}} Frankish *grêtan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), {{uder|fr|gem-pro|*grētaną||to weep}} Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), {{der|fr|frk|*grêotan||to cry, weep}} Frankish *grêotan (“to cry, weep”), {{uder|fr|gem-pro|*greutaną||to weep, cry}} Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), {{uder|fr|ine-pro|*ghrew-||to weep, be sad}} Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”), {{m|en|regret}} regret Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} regret m (plural regrets)
  1. regret Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-regret-fr-noun-1SWazsDY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 50 50
  2. nostalgia Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-regret-fr-noun-8Mybe~DL Disambiguation of Emotions: 13 87 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à regret, au grand regret de Related terms: regretter

Inflected forms

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    },
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    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
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      "word": "au grand regret de"
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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    },
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        "5": "to weep, be sad"
      },
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    },
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      },
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