Infinitive
regretter
Gerund
regrettant
Participles
| Present | regrettant |
| Past | regretté |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | regrette |
| 2nd sing. | regrettes |
| 3rd sing. | regrette |
| 1st plur. | regrettons |
| 2nd plur. | regrettez |
| 3rd plur. | regrettent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | regrettois; regrettoys |
| 2nd sing. | regrettois; regrettoys |
| 3rd sing. | regrettoit; regrettoyt |
| 1st plur. | regrettions; regrettyons |
| 2nd plur. | regrettiez; regrettyez |
| 3rd plur. | regrettoient; regrettoyent |
Past Historic
| 1st sing. | regretta |
| 2nd sing. | regrettas |
| 3rd sing. | regretta |
| 1st plur. | regrettasmes |
| 2nd plur. | regrettastes |
| 3rd plur. | regretterent |
Future
| 1st sing. | regretterai; regretteray |
| 2nd sing. | regretteras |
| 3rd sing. | regrettera |
| 1st plur. | regretterons |
| 2nd plur. | regretterez |
| 3rd plur. | regretteront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | regretterois; regretteroys |
| 2nd sing. | regretterois; regretteroys |
| 3rd sing. | regretteroit; regretteroyt |
| 1st plur. | regretterions; regretteryons |
| 2nd plur. | regretteriez; regretteryez |
| 3rd plur. | regretteroient; regretteroyent |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | regrette |
| 2nd sing. | regrettes |
| 3rd sing. | regrette |
| 1st plur. | regrettons |
| 2nd plur. | regrettez |
| 3rd plur. | regrettent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | regrettasse |
| 2nd sing. | regrettasses |
| 3rd sing. | regrettast |
| 1st plur. | regrettassions |
| 2nd plur. | regrettassiez |
| 3rd plur. | regrettassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | regrette |
| 1st plur. | regrettons |
| 2nd plur. | regrettez |
Verbs conjugated like regretter
saluer,
combiner,
atourner,
effectuer,
approuvender,
employer,
r'asseurer,
empenser,
estrangler,
denunchier,
bailler,
baisler,
empescher,
embausmer,
coniurer,
engendrer,
tesmoigner,
despouiller,
despossesser,
rebarber, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Old French regreter (“to lament”), from re- (“intensive prefix”) + greter (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”) and Frankish *greotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (“to weep, be sad”). See: Old French '
regreter', Proto-Germanic '
*grētaną', Proto-Germanic '
*greutaną'.
Verbs referencing "regretter"
French
regretter.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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