rester

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English

Etymology

From Middle English restar, restere, equivalent to rest +‎ -er.

Noun

rester (plural resters)

  1. One who rests.
    • 2013, Diane P. Koenker, Club Red: Vacation Travel and the Soviet Dream, page 136:
      Their ideal vacation experience made the rester the focus of care, the object of medical, cultural, and culinary attention.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French rester, from Old French rester, from Latin restāre. According to the Trésor informatisé, the Old French is a borrowing from Latin. What speaks in favour of this is the preservation of , which in a popular word should be simplified to (yielding modern *rêter). Alternatively it could be inherited, but influenced by the Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛs.te/
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Verb

rester

  1. (intransitive) to stay
    On est restés à l’hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
    We stayed at the hotel for a good part of the trip, we were all sick.
  2. to remain, be left over
    • 2018, Zaz, on s'en remet jamais
      Est-ce que tout ce que l’on se promet a pu se perdre dans un désert ? Ne reste-t-il que des poussières une fois que l’amour est absent.
      Could everything we hope for have been lost in a desert? Nothing but dust is left once the love is missing.
    Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
    There remains a bit of rice in the fridge, if you want.
  3. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
    Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l’ai rencontrée.
    She remained as she was when I met her.
  4. (rare) to rest
  5. (Louisiana, Canada) to live
    Moi, je reste au Québec.
    Me, I live in Quebec.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rester
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple restant
/ʁɛs.tɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle resté
/ʁɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present reste
/ʁɛst/ 		restes
/ʁɛst/ 		reste
/ʁɛst/ 		restons
/ʁɛs.tɔ̃/ 		restez
/ʁɛs.te/ 		restent
/ʁɛst/
imperfect restais
/ʁɛs.tɛ/ 		restais
/ʁɛs.tɛ/ 		restait
/ʁɛs.tɛ/ 		restions
/ʁɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		restiez
/ʁɛs.tje/ 		restaient
/ʁɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 restai
/ʁɛs.te/ 		restas
/ʁɛs.ta/ 		resta
/ʁɛs.ta/ 		restâmes
/ʁɛs.tam/ 		restâtes
/ʁɛs.tat/ 		restèrent
/ʁɛs.tɛʁ/
future resterai
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		resteras
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		restera
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		resterons
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		resterez
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		resteront
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional resterais
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		resterais
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		resterait
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		resterions
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		resteriez
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁje/ 		resteraient
/ʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of être + past participle
future perfect future of être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present reste
/ʁɛst/ 		restes
/ʁɛst/ 		reste
/ʁɛst/ 		restions
/ʁɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		restiez
/ʁɛs.tje/ 		restent
/ʁɛst/
imperfect2 restasse
/ʁɛs.tas/ 		restasses
/ʁɛs.tas/ 		restât
/ʁɛs.ta/ 		restassions
/ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		restassiez
/ʁɛs.ta.sje/ 		restassent
/ʁɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — reste
/ʁɛst/ 		— restons
/ʁɛs.tɔ̃/ 		restez
/ʁɛs.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of être + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Ladin

Verb

rester

  1. to remain, stay

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rester (first conjugation)
infinitive rester, resté
auxiliary verb avei gerund restan
past participle resté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present reste, resteie restes, resteies resta, resteia, restea reston resteis resta, resteia
imperfect restove restoves restova restovan restovais restova
future restaré restaras restarà restaron restareis restarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present reste, resteie restes, resteies reste, resteie reston resteis reste
imperfect restasse restasses restassa restassan restassais restassa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— resta, resteia — reston restede —

Norman

Etymology

From Latin restō, restāre.

Verb

rester

  1. (Jersey) to stay

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rester m

  1. indefinite plural of rest

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restāre, present active infinitive of restō.

Verb

rester

  1. to stay
  2. to rest
  3. to remain, be left over

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of rester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive rester estre resté, resteü
gerund en restant gerund of estre + past participle
present participle restant
past participle resté, resteü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present restois restas, restais resta, restait restons restez restont
imperfect restoie, resteie, restoe, resteve restoies, resteies, restoes, resteves restoit, resteit, restot, resteve restiiens, restiens restiiez, restiez restoient, resteient, restoent, restevent
preterite restui, restai resteüs, restas restut, resta resteümes, restames resteüstes, restastes resturent, resterent
future resterai resteras restera resterons resteroiz, restereiz, resterez resteront
conditional resteroie, restereie resteroies, restereies resteroit, restereit resteriiens, resteriens resteriiez, resteriez resteroient, restereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of estre + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of estre + past participle
future perfect future tense of estre + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present restoise, restace restoises, restaces restoise, restoist, restace restons restez restoisent, restacent
imperfect resteüsse, restasse resteüsses, restasses resteüst, restast resteüssons, resteüssiens, restissons, restissiens resteüssoiz, resteüssez, resteüssiez, restissoiz, restissez, restissiez resteüssent, restassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— resta — restons restez —

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Pronunciation

Noun

rester

  1. indefinite plural of rest

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