remords

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭmôrdzʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɔːdz/

remords

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remord

• Dormers, dormers

From Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, to vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- +‎ mordeō (“to bite”).

The d was added later by analogy with remordre.

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.mɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ
• Homophone: remors

remords m (invariable)

1. remorse, feeling of remorse

   Synonyms: j'aurais dû, regret

   J'ai des remords de lui avoir refusé mon aide.^[1] ― I feel remorse for having refused him my help.

remords

1. inflection of remordre (“to bite again, to bite back”):
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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