entretailler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.je/ ~ /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.je/

Verb

entretailler

1. (of a horse) to knock knees, to have one's legs hit each other when one walks

Conjugation

Conjugation of entretailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entretailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entretaillant /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entretaillé /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entretaille /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	entretailles /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	entretaille /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	entretaillons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɔ̃/	entretaillez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.je/	entretaillent /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/
	imperfect	entretaillais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɛ/	entretaillais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɛ/	entretaillait /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɛ/	entretaillions /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.jɔ̃/	entretailliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.je/	entretaillaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	entretaillai /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.je/	entretaillas /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.ja/	entretailla /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.ja/	entretaillâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jam/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jam/	entretaillâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jat/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jat/	entretaillèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	entretaillerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁe/	entretailleras /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁa/	entretaillera /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁa/	entretaillerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁɔ̃/	entretaillerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁe/	entretailleront /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entretaillerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁɛ/	entretaillerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁɛ/	entretaillerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁɛ/	entretaillerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	entretailleriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jə.ʁje/	entretailleraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.ʁɛ/
(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	entretaille /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	entretailles /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	entretaille /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	entretaillions /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.jɔ̃/	entretailliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj.je/	entretaillent /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/
	imperfect2	entretaillasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jas/	entretaillasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jas/	entretaillât /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.ja/	entretaillassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	entretaillassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.ja.sje/	entretaillassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entretaille /ɑ̃.tʁə.taj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑj/	—	entretaillons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.jɔ̃/	entretaillez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ta.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ.je/	—
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).

See also

• entre-tailler

Further reading

• “entretailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.