rester

See also: Rester

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.

Anagrams

• errest, erster, terser

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 [st], which in a popular word should be simplified to [t] (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. (North America) 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• en rester là
• ne pas rester pierre sur pierre
• rester en travers de la gorge
• rester les bras croisés
• rester lettre morte
• rester sur sa faim
• y rester

 

Further reading

• “rester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• stérer, terres, terser

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	—

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

rester

1. indefinite plural of rest

Anagrams

• terser