entendre

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Etymology

From Latin intendere (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Verb

entendre (first-person singular present entenc, past participle entès)

1. to understand

Conjugation

Conjugation of entendre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)

infinitive			entendre
present participle			entenent
past participle			entès
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	entenc	entens	entén	entenem	enteneu	entenen
	imperfect	entenia	entenies	entenia	enteníem	enteníeu	entenien
	future	entendré	entendràs	entendrà	entendrem	entendreu	entendran
	preterite	entenguí	entengueres	entengué	entenguérem	entenguéreu	entengueren
	conditional	entendria	entendries	entendria	entendríem	entendríeu	entendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	entengui	entenguis	entengui	entenguem	entengueu	entenguin
	imperfect	entengués	entenguessis	entengués	entenguéssim	entenguéssiu	entenguessin
imperative		-	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
		—	entén	entengui	entenguem	enteneu	entenguin

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French

Etymology

Middle French and Old French, from Latin intendere (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/, X-SAMPA: /A~.tA~dR/

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. (intransitive) to be able to hear
3. (literary) to listen to
4. (formal) to mean
5. (reflexive) to agree with each other.
6. (reflexive) to have good relations with; to get on.

   Je m'entends bien avec elle — I get along well with her.

7. (pronominal) to be good or competent at something.

   s'y entendre en

8. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend

   comme je l'entends — as I wish.

   J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes — I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.

9. (dated) to demand
10. (dated) to know or understand

Conjugation

• This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.

   Conjugation of entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		entendre			avoir entendu
gerund		en entendant			en ayant entendu
present participle		entendant
past participle		entendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	entends	entends	entend	entendons	entendez	entendent
	imperfect	entendais	entendais	entendait	entendions	entendiez	entendaient
	past historic1	entendis	entendis	entendit	entendîmes	entendîtes	entendirent
	future	entendrai	entendras	entendra	entendrons	entendrez	entendront
	conditional	entendrais	entendrais	entendrait	entendrions	entendriez	entendraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	entende	entendes	entende	entendions	entendiez	entendent
	imperfect1	entendisse	entendisses	entendît	entendissions	entendissiez	entendissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	entends	—	entendons	entendez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• entendre dire
• entendre raison
• laisser entendre
• donner à entendre
• se faire entendre

See also

• double entendre

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Middle French

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

See also

• ouyr

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• entèndre (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin intendere (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

Conjugation

This Occitan verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin intendere (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ãn.tãn.drə/

Verb

entendre

1. to hear

Descendants

• French: entendre