entrebâiller

French

Etymology

From entre- +‎ bâiller (“to gape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/, /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/

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Verb

entrebâiller

1. (transitive) to half-open; to leave ajar

Conjugation

Conjugation of entrebâiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entrebâiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entrebâillant /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entrebâillé /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	entrebâilles /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	entrebâillons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɔ̃/	entrebâillez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/	entrebâillent /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/
	imperfect	entrebâillais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/	entrebâillais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/	entrebâillait /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/	entrebâillions /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.jɔ̃/	entrebâilliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.je/	entrebâillaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	entrebâillai /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/	entrebâillas /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja/	entrebâilla /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja/	entrebâillâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jam/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jam/	entrebâillâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jat/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jat/	entrebâillèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	entrebâillerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁe/	entrebâilleras /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁa/	entrebâillera /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁa/	entrebâillerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɔ̃/	entrebâillerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁe/	entrebâilleront /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entrebâillerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/	entrebâillerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/	entrebâillerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/	entrebâillerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	entrebâilleriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jə.ʁje/	entrebâilleraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	entrebâilles /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	entrebâillions /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.jɔ̃/	entrebâilliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.je/	entrebâillent /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/
	imperfect2	entrebâillasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jas/	entrebâillasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jas/	entrebâillât /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja/	entrebâillassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	entrebâillassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja.sje/	entrebâillassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/	—	entrebâillons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɔ̃/	entrebâillez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + 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

• entrebâillement

Further reading

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