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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin retrōgradus.
Adjective
rétrograde (plural rétrogrades)
- retrograde
- Coordinate term: antérograde
- amnésie rétrograde ― retrograde amnesia
- (derogatory) retrograde, backwards
- Synonym: réactionnaire
- des idées rétrogrades ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rétrograde
- inflection of rétrograder:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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