regret

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- +‎ greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹəˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹiˈɡɹɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Verb === regret (third-person singular simple present regrets, present participle regretting, simple past and past participle regretted) To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. Synonym: rue (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing). Synonyms: grieve, lament; see also Thesaurus:be sad (archaic, transitive) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn. ==== Usage notes ==== "Regret" is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the -ing form), except in set phrases with tell, say, and inform, where the to infinitive is used. See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === regret (countable and uncountable, plural regrets) Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing. Synonyms: nostalgia, remorse, repentance, unsatisfaction; see also Thesaurus:remorse (obsolete) Dislike; aversion. (decision theory) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action. A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “regret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “regret”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === greter == French == === Etymology === From Middle French regret, from Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/ === Noun === regret m (plural regrets) regret Near-synonyms: remords, repentir nostalgia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== regretter === Further reading === “regret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Noun === regret (plural regrets) regret, repentance ==== Related terms ==== regrettar regrettabile == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French regret. === Noun === regret n (plural regrete) regret ==== Declension ====