entendre

See also: entendré

English

Noun

entendre

1. Only used in double entendre and single entendre.

Anagrams

• entender, renneted

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈten.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [enˈten.dɾe]

Verb

entendre (first-person singular present entenc, first-person singular preterite entenguí, past participle entès)

1. to understand

   Synonym: comprendre

Derived terms

• desentendre
• enteniment

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.

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/

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Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. (intransitive) to be able to hear
3. (literary) to listen to
4. (formal) to mean
5. (reflexive) to agree with each other.
6. (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!

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something.

   s'y entendre en

8. (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.

9. (dated) to demand
10. (dated) to know
11. (archaic) to understand

Conjugation

Conjugation of entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entendre
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Conjugation of s'entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'entendre
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• donner à entendre
• entendre dire
• entendre parler de
• entendre raison
• laisser entendre
• se faire entendre

 

See also

• double entendre

Further reading

• “entendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "entendre"

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French entendre.

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

Descendants

• French: entendre

See also

• ouyr (“to hear”)

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• entèndre (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈten.drə/

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. 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.

    Conjugation of entendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
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

• Middle French: entendre
  • French: entendre