entremêler

French

Etymology

From entre- +‎ mêler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.le/, /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.le/

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Verb

entremêler

1. to interlock; to interweave

   Synonym: entrelacer

Conjugation

Conjugation of entremêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entremêler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entremêlant /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entremêlé /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entremêle /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	entremêles /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	entremêle /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	entremêlons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɔ̃/	entremêlez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.le/	entremêlent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/
	imperfect	entremêlais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɛ/	entremêlais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɛ/	entremêlait /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɛ/	entremêlions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.ljɔ̃/	entremêliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lje/	entremêlaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɛ/
	past historic2	entremêlai /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.le/	entremêlas /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.la/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.la/	entremêla /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.la/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.la/	entremêlâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lam/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lam/	entremêlâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lat/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lat/	entremêlèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɛʁ/
	future	entremêlerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁe/	entremêleras /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁa/	entremêlera /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁa/	entremêlerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/	entremêlerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁe/	entremêleront /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entremêlerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁɛ/	entremêlerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁɛ/	entremêlerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.ʁɛ/	entremêlerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	entremêleriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lə.ʁje/	entremêleraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl.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	entremêle /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	entremêles /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	entremêle /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	entremêlions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.ljɔ̃/	entremêliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lje/	entremêlent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/
	imperfect2	entremêlasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.las/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.las/	entremêlasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.las/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.las/	entremêlât /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.la/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.la/	entremêlassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.la.sjɔ̃/	entremêlassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.la.sje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.la.sje/	entremêlassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.las/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entremêle /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl/	—	entremêlons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.lɔ̃/	entremêlez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.me.le/	—
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).

Further reading

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