égarer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esgarer. By surface analysis, é- +‎ garer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ɡa.ʁe/

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Verb

égarer

1. (transitive) to misplace

   Near-synonym: perdre

   La dernière fois que je l’avais vu, il avait égaré ses clefs.

   Last time I saw him he had misplaced his keys.

2. (transitive) to mislead, misinform

   Synonym: tromper

3. (transitive) to lead astray

   Synonym: fourvoyer

4. (reflexive) to get lost, go astray, to lose one's way; to wander

   Synonyms: se perdre, (informal) se paumer

   Ils se sont égarés dans la forêt.

   They got lost in the forest.

Conjugation

Conjugation of égarer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	égarer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	égarant /e.ɡa.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		égaré /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	égares /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	égarons /e.ɡa.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/	égarez /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/	égarent /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/
	imperfect	égarais /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/	égarais /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/	égarait /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/	égarions /e.ɡa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/	égariez /e.ɡa.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁje/	égaraient /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	égarai /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/	égaras /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/	égara /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/	égarâmes /e.ɡa.ʁam/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁam/	égarâtes /e.ɡa.ʁat/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁat/	égarèrent /e.ɡa.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	égarerai /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/	égareras /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/	égarera /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/	égarerons /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	égarerez /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/	égareront /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	égarerais /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	égarerais /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	égarerait /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	égarerions /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	égareriez /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁje/	égareraient /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	égares /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	égarions /e.ɡa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/	égariez /e.ɡa.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁje/	égarent /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/
	imperfect2	égarasse /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/	égarasses /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/	égarât /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/	égarassions /e.ɡa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	égarassiez /e.ɡa.ʁa.sje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sje/	égarassent /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/	—	égarons /e.ɡa.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/	égarez /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “égarer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• agréer
• gérera