adverb/ɡɛʁ/
hardly, barely, (not) much
“Je ne comprends guère le français.” — I hardly understand French.
Inherited from Middle French guere(s), from Old French gaire(s), guaire(s) (“much”), from Frankish *waigaro (“much”), related to *waigr (“resistant”). Compare Middle High German unweiger (“not much”), which corresponds closely to the French construct. Romance cognates are Occitan and Catalan gaire, Italian guari.