different between regretted vs regretter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????t?d/
• Hyphenation: re?gret?ted

Verb

regretted

1. simple past tense and past participle of regret

English

Etymology

regret +? -er.

Noun

regretter (plural regretters)

1. One who regrets.

French

Etymology

From Middle French regretter, regreter, from Old French regreter (“to lament”), from re- (“intensive prefix”) +? greter (“to weep”), from Frankish *gr?tan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?tan? (“to weep”) and Frankish *greotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutan? (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rew- (“to weep, be sad”). Akin to Old High German gr?zan (“to cry”), Old English gr?tan (“to weep, greet”), Old English gr?otan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (gr?tan, “to weep”). More at greet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.???.te/, /??.??e.te/

Verb

regretter

1. to regret

   Je regrette de t'avoir parlé ainsi tout à l'heure.

   Non, je ne regrette rien.

Conjugation

Related terms

• regret

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French regreter (“to lament”), from re- (“intensive prefix”) +? greter (“to weep”), from Frankish *gr?tan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?tan? (“to weep”) and Frankish *greotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutan? (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rew- (“to weep, be sad”).

Verb

regretter

1. to regret

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.