guère

See also: guere

French

Etymology

From Old French gaire, from Frankish *waigaro (“a lot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophones: guerre, guerres
Hyphenation: guère

Adverb

guère

(chiefly with "ne") hardly, barely
Pour me réchauffer, il n'y a guère qu’un pot de thé
To warm myself up, the only thing is a pot of tea

Je ne vais guère mieux.
I’m not much better.

See also

à peine

Further reading

“guère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Picard

Alternative forms

(Nord and Pas-de-Calais) dgère

Etymology

From Late Latin werra.

Noun

guère f (plural guères)

(Nord and Pas-de-Calais) war

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