entendre
English
Noun
entendre
- Only used in double entendre, single entendre, and triple entendre.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
entendre (first-person singular present entenc, first-person singular preterite entenguí, past participle entès)
- to understand
- Synonym: comprendre
- Antonym: malentendre
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “entendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “entendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “entendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “entendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”). Cognate with Spanish entender, English intend.
Pronunciation
Verb
entendre
- to hear
- (intransitive) to be able to hear
- (literary) to listen to
- (formal) to mean
- Synonym: (informal) vouloir dire
- Qu’entendez-vous par là ? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Qu’entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive) to agree with each other
- (reflexive) to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
- Je m’entends bien avec elle. ― I get along well with her.
- Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! ― If only my kids got along!
- (pronominal) to be good or competent at something
- s’y entendre en ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (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.
- (dated) to demand
- (dated) to know
- (archaic) to understand
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | entendre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | entendant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | entendu /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | entends /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
entends /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
entend /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
entendons /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
entendez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ |
entendent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
imperfect | entendais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
entendais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
entendait /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
entendions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
entendiez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ |
entendaient /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | entendis /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
entendis /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
entendit /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
entendîmes /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dim/ |
entendîtes /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dit/ |
entendirent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | entendrai /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
entendras /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
entendra /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
entendrons /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
entendrez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
entendront /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | entendrais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entendrais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entendrait /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entendrions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
entendriez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
entendraient /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(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 | entende /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
entendes /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
entende /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
entendions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
entendiez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ |
entendent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | entendisse /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ |
entendisses /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ |
entendît /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
entendissions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
entendissiez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
entendissent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | entends /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
— | entendons /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
entendez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
infinitive | simple | s'entendre | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’entendant /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | entendu /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’entends /mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
t’entends /tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
s’entend /sɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
nous entendons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
vous entendez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ |
s’entendent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
imperfect | m’entendais /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
t’entendais /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
s’entendait /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
nous entendions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
vous entendiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ |
s’entendaient /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | m’entendis /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
t’entendis /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
s’entendit /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
nous entendîmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dim/ |
vous entendîtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dit/ |
s’entendirent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | m’entendrai /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
t’entendras /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
s’entendra /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
nous entendrons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous entendrez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
s’entendront /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | m’entendrais /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
t’entendrais /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
s’entendrait /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
nous entendrions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous entendriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
s’entendraient /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’entende /mɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
t’entendes /tɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
s’entende /sɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
nous entendions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
vous entendiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ |
s’entendent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | m’entendisse /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ |
t’entendisses /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ |
s’entendît /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
nous entendissions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
vous entendissiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
s’entendissent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | entends-toi /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.twa/ |
— | entendons-nous /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃.nu/ |
entendez-vous /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “entendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of “entendre”
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French entendre.
Verb
entendre
- to hear
- to understand
Descendants
- French: entendre
See also
- ouyr (“to hear”)
Occitan
Alternative forms
- entèndre (Mistralian)
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien): (file)
Verb
entendre
- to hear
- to understand
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
entendre
- to hear
- to understand
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 186 of this essay:
- tu dois entendre que matiere de lepre c’est humeur melencolique adusté
- you must understand that the matter that makes up leprosy is hot melancholic humor
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | entendre | avoir entendu | |||||
gerund | en entendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | entendant | ||||||
past participle | entendu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | entent | entenz | entent | entendons | entendez | entendent |
imperfect | entendoie, entendeie | entendoies, entendeies | entendoit, entendeit | entendiiens, entendiens | entendiiez, entendiez | entendoient, entendeient | |
preterite | entendi | entendis | entendié | entendimes | entendistes | entendierent | |
future | entendrai | entendras | entendra | entendrons | entendroiz, entendreiz, entendrez | entendront | |
conditional | entendroie, entendreie | entendroies, entendreies | entendroit, entendreit | entendriiens, entendriens | entendriiez, entendriez | entendroient, entendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | entende | entendes | entende | entendons | entendez | entendent |
imperfect | entendisse | entendisses | entendist | entendissons, entendissiens | entendissoiz, entendissez, entendissiez | entendissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | entent | — | entendons | entendez | — |
Synonyms
- (hear): oïr
Descendants
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