"regret" meaning in French

See regret in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/ Audio: Fr-regret.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-regret.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-regret.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-regret.wav Forms: regrets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French regret, from Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|frm|regret}} Middle French regret, {{uder|fr|fro|regret||lamentation, complaint}} Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} regret m (plural regrets)
  1. regret Tags: masculine Synonyms: remords, repentir
    Sense id: en-regret-fr-noun-1SWazsDY Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations, Emotions Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 22 7 12 10 10 14 3 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 4 12 10 10 15 2 24 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Emotions: 91 9
  2. nostalgia Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-regret-fr-noun-8Mybe~DL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à regret, au grand regret de Related terms: regretter

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "à regret"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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        {
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        }
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      ],
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          "nostalgia#English"
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      ],
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      ]
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