entre

See also: entré and entre-

English

Verb

entre (third-person singular simple present entres, present participle entring, simple past and past participle entred)

1. Archaic spelling of enter.
   • 1566, John Martiall, “A Replie to M. Calfhills Blasphemous Answer Made Against the Treatise of the Crosse”, in D.M. Rogers, editor, English recusant literature, 1558-1640‎^[1], volume 203, page 125:

     And whosoever doth not suffer corruption to entre, by the five gates unto his soule, is rekoned amongest ...

Anagrams

• Enter, Enter., enter, enter-, rente, terne, treen

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Asturian

Verb

entre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of entrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan entre, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈen.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈen.tɾe/

Preposition

entre

1. between

Further reading

• “entre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Noun

entre c (singular definite entreen, plural indefinite entreer)

1. Alternative form of entré

Inflection

Declension of entre

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	entre	entreen	entreer	entreerne
genitive	entres	entreens	entreers	entreernes

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese entre, from Latin inter (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

Preposition

entre

1. among (denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:

     As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.

     The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

2. between (done together or reciprocally)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 3: Radós:

     Pero, ademais, esta lengua materna sirvi de meiu de cumunicación entre paisanus do mismu lugal o de cualquera dos tres, […]

     But, furthermore, this mother tongue serves as a communication medium between countrymen from the same place or each of the three, […]

3. between (in the position or interval that separates two things)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 4: As Ordinis Militaris:

     Algu que está bastanti claro históricamenti é que o riu Ellas, en esta nossa Transerra, foi desde os principios da Reconquista fronteira practicamente inamuvibli entre o incipienti Portogal i o reinu de León i Castilla-león dispois.

     Something which is quite clear historically is that the Eljas river, in our Transerra, has been since the beginning of the Reconquista a practically immovable border between the incipient Portugal and the kingdom of Leon and later Castille-Leon.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃tʁ/

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Etymology 1

From Middle French entre, from Old French entre, inherited from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

Doublet of inter-, a borrowing.

Preposition

entre

1. between
2. among

Etymology 2

Verb

entre

1. first-person singular present indicative of entrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of entrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of entrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrer
5. second-person singular imperative of entrer

Anagrams

• enter
• rente, renté
• terne

Further reading

• “entre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Alternative forms

• antre
• ontre (dated)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese entre, from Latin inter.

The alternative form ontre, rare in Old Portuguese proper but well attested in Old Galician (Cantigas de Santa Maria) and rendered as unter in local Medieval Latin, derives probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *under: confer Old High German unter (“among, between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈentɾe̝/

Preposition

entre

1. between, among

Derived terms

• entre tanto

Verb

entre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of entrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar

References

• “entre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “entre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “entre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “entre” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “entre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Verb

entre

1. First-person singular present of entern.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of entern.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of entern.
4. Imperative singular of entern.

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Preposition

entre (Latin spelling)

1. between, among

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French entre.

Preposition

entre

1. between

Descendants

• French: entre

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Norman

Alternative forms

• ente (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French entre, from Latin inter.

Preposition

entre

1. (Jersey) between, among

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From French entrée

Alternative forms

• entré

Noun

entre m (definite singular entreen, indefinite plural entreer, definite plural entreene)

1. entry, entrance

Etymology 2

From French entrer

Verb

entre (imperative entr or entre, present tense entrer, passive entres, simple past and past participle entra or entret, present participle entrende)

1. to enter
2. to board (a boat)
3. (nautical) to climb (e.g. a mast), go aloft

References

• “entre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From French entrée

Alternative forms

• entré

Noun

entre m (definite singular entreen, indefinite plural entrear, definite plural entreane)

1. entry, entrance

Etymology 2

From French entrer

Alternative forms

• entra

Verb

entre (present tense entrar, past tense entra, past participle entra, passive infinitive entrast, present participle entrande, imperative entr/entre)

1. to enter
2. to board (a boat)
3. (nautical) to climb (e.g. a mast), go aloft

References

• “entre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan entre, from Latin inter.

Preposition

entre

1. between

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Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin inter.

Preposition

entre

1. among; amongst

Descendants

• Middle French: entre
  • French: entre

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Preposition

entre

1. between

Descendants

• Catalan: entre
• Occitan: entre

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.tɾi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.tɾe/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.tɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: en‧tre

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese entre, from Latin inter (“between; among”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

Alternative forms

• antre (archaic)

Preposition

entre

1. among (denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects)
2. between (in the position or interval that separates things)
3. between (intermediate in quantity or degree)
4. between (shared in confidence)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:entre.

Etymology 2

Verb

entre

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of entrar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of entrar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of entrar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of entrar

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:entrar.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈentɾe/, [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe]

Etymology 1

From Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

Preposition

entre

1. between
2. among, amongst

Usage notes

• Unlike most Spanish prepositions, entre governs the nominative and not the prepositional case when used with pronouns:

• entre yo y mi hermano = "between me and my brother"
• entre tú y ellos = "between you and them"

• Because se does not exist in the nominative, however, the normal prepositional form sí is used instead:

• entre sí = "among themselves"
• entre sí y sus amigos = "between himself and his friends"

Derived terms

• entre pitos y flautas

Verb

entre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of entrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of entrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of entrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of entrar.

Further reading

• “entre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.