enter
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- entre (archaic, before circa 1700)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈɛntə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"En.t@(r\)/
- (US) IPA: /ˈɛntɚ/, [ˈɛɾ̃ɚ], X-SAMPA: /"En.t@`/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)
- Hyphenation: en‧ter
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English retains the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.
Verb[edit]
enter (third-person singular simple present enters, present participle entering, simple past and past participle entered)
- To go into (a room, etc.).
- 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, ...[1], page 86:
- ... you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise [ways] suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?
- 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, ...[1], page 86:
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (intransitive) exit
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to go into (a room, etc.)
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to type into a computer
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Noun[edit]
enter (plural enters)
- (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
- (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).
Translations[edit]
- Romanian:
- tasta de introducere de date f (def.), tastă de validare intrări f
- bătaie pe tasta ''Enter'' f, tastare a tastei ''Enter'' f
Statistics[edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: nation · legal · spread · #966: enter · consider · provided · Rome
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin integer, integrum.
Adjective[edit]
enter m (feminine entera, masculine plural enters, feminine plural enteres)
Noun[edit]
enter m (plural enters)
- whole number, integer
- a complete lottery ticket (made up of ten dècims)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin imputāre, present active infinitive of imputō.
Verb[edit]
enter
- (agriculture) to graft
- to implant
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of enter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enter | avoir enté | |||||
| gerund | en entant | en ayant enté | |||||
| present participle | entant | ||||||
| past participle | enté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ente | entes | ente | entons | entez | entent |
| imperfect | entais | entais | entait | entions | entiez | entaient | |
| past historic1 | entai | entas | enta | entâmes | entâtes | entèrent | |
| future | enterai | enteras | entera | enterons | enterez | enteront | |
| conditional | enterais | enterais | enterait | enterions | enteriez | enteraient | |
| 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 | ente | entes | ente | entions | entiez | entent |
| imperfect1 | entasse | entasses | entât | entassions | entassiez | entassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | ente | — | entons | entez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams[edit]
Gaulish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *enter (“between”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognates include Celtiberian entara (“between”), Old Irish eter (“between”) (Irish idir (“between, both”)), Latin inter (“between”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), and Old High German untar (“between”).
Preposition[edit]
enter
References[edit]
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, published 2003, ISBN 2-87772-237-6, page 163.
- Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, published 2009, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 117.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English verbs
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Computing
- English alternative forms
- en:Buttons
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan nouns
- French terms derived from Latin
- French verbs
- fr:Agriculture
- French first group verbs
- Gaulish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Gaulish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Gaulish prepositions
