harder

English

Etymology 1

hard +‎ -er

Adjective

harder

  1. comparative form of hard: more hard
    He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.
    Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.

Etymology 2

Dutch harder / herder: mullet.

Noun

harder (plural harders)

  1. (South Africa) Any of several species of mullet often used to make bokkoms.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • harder(file)

Adjective

harder

  1. Comparative form of hard

French

Verb

harder

  1. To harness together (hunting dogs etc)

Conjugation
Conjugation of harder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle hardant
/aʁ.dɑ̃/
past participle hardé
/aʁ.de/
infinitive
simple harder
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple hardant
/aʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present harde
/aʁd/		 hardes
/aʁd/		 harde
/aʁd/		 hardons
/aʁ.dɔ̃/		 hardez
/aʁ.de/		 hardent
/aʁd/
imperfect hardais
/aʁ.dɛ/		 hardais
/aʁ.dɛ/		 hardait
/aʁ.dɛ/		 hardions
/aʁ.djɔ̃/		 hardiez
/aʁ.dje/		 hardaient
/aʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 hardai
/aʁ.de/		 hardas
/aʁ.da/		 harda
/aʁ.da/		 hardâmes
/aʁ.dam/		 hardâtes
/aʁ.dat/		 hardèrent
/aʁ.dɛʁ/
future harderai
/aʁ.də.ʁe/		 harderas
/aʁ.də.ʁa/		 hardera
/aʁ.də.ʁa/		 harderons
/aʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/		 harderez
/aʁ.də.ʁe/		 harderont
/aʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional harderais
/aʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 harderais
/aʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 harderait
/aʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 harderions
/aʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 harderiez
/aʁ.də.ʁje/		 harderaient
/aʁ.də.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 harde
/aʁd/		 hardes
/aʁd/		 harde
/aʁd/		 hardions
/aʁ.djɔ̃/		 hardiez
/aʁ.dje/		 hardent
/aʁd/
imperfect2 hardasse
/aʁ.das/		 hardasses
/aʁ.das/		 hardât
/aʁ.da/		 hardassions
/aʁ.da.sjɔ̃/		 hardassiez
/aʁ.da.sje/		 hardassent
/aʁ.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — harde
/aʁd/		 — hardons
/aʁ.dɔ̃/		 hardez
/aʁ.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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