entendre
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
entendre
- Only used in double entendre, single entendre, and triple entendre.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin intendere (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
entendre (first-person singular present entenc, past participle entès)
- to understand
- Synonym: comprendre
- Antonym: malentendre
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, 2023
- “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]
Inherited from Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere (“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
- Synonym: (informal) vouloir dire
- Qu'entendez-vous par là ? ― What do you mean by that?
- Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? ― What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?
- (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 […] ― to be good at […]
- (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, 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[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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