garde

Betekenis

Noun

1. a watch, guard
2. a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.
3. sentry service performed by soldiers.
4. soldiers doing the sentry service
5. any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.

Verb

1. inflection of garder:
2. inflection of garder:

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡaʁd/

Etimologie

Inherited from Old French guarde, from the verb guarder (or less likely directly from Frankish *warda), from Frankish *wardōn (“to protect”). Compare Italian guardia, Spanish guarda. Cognate with English ward.

Sinne

La Garde Suisse se tenait au garde-à-vous.

The Swiss Guards stood to attention.

Il devint capitaine de la garde du château du Louvre .

He became captain of the guard of the Louvre castle.

Néanmoins ce dernier garde beaucoup d'influence sur le clan .

Nevertheless, the latter retains a lot of influence over the clan.

Un garde d'un côté poussait sur la barre .

A guard on one side was pushing on the bar.

La porte de Bourgogne a disparu mais pas le corps de garde attenant .

The Burgundy Gate has disappeared but not the adjoining guardhouse.

Garnett dirige personnellement l'arrière garde des tirailleurs confédérés pour retarder l'attaque de l'Union.

Garnett personally leads the rear guard of Confederate skirmishers to delay the Union attack.