entendre
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
entendre
- Only used in double entendre and single entendre.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
entendre (first-person singular present entenc, past participle entès)
- to understand
- Synonym: comprendre
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | entendre | ||||||
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present participle | entenent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | entès | entesa | |||||
plural | entesos | enteses | |||||
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 vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | entengui | entenguis | entengui | entenguem | entengueu | entenguin | |
imperfect | entengués | entenguessis | entengués | entenguéssim | entenguéssiu | entenguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | entén | entengui | entenguem | enteneu | entenguin |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “entendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “entendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
entendre
- to hear
- (intransitive) to be able to hear
- (literary) to listen to
- (formal) to mean
- (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!
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something.
- s’y entendre en
- (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[edit]
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 | 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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (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 | 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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “entendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of “entendre”
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French entendre.
Verb[edit]
entendre
- to hear
- to understand
Descendants[edit]
- French: entendre
See also[edit]
- ouyr (“to hear”)
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- entèndre (Mistralian)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Occitan, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Verb[edit]
entendre
- to hear
- to understand
Conjugation[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite 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 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | entent | — | entendons | entendez | — |
Synonyms[edit]
- (hear): oïr
Descendants[edit]
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