entretenir
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
entretenir (first-person singular present entretinc, past participle entretingut)
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “entretenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “entretenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “entretenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “entretenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir; equivalent to entre + tenir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
entretenir
- (transitive) to maintain, to look after
- Le Canada entretient une relation de premier plan avec les États-Unis, pays avec lequel il partage la plus longue frontière non défendue du monde.
- Canada maintains a high-profile relationship with the United States, a country with which it shares the longest undefended border in the world.
- (transitive) to support (e.g a family)
- (transitive, figuratively) to fuel, to keep something going
- (reflexive) to have a discussion (with someone)
- (reflexive) to keep fit
Conjugation[edit]
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).
infinitive | simple | entretenir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | entretenant /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | entretenu /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | entretiens /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/ |
entretiens /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/ |
entretient /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/ |
entretenons /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɔ̃/ |
entretenez /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ne/ |
entretiennent /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛn/ |
imperfect | entretenais /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɛ/ |
entretenais /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɛ/ |
entretenait /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɛ/ |
entretenions /ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.njɔ̃/ |
entreteniez /ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.nje/ |
entretenaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | entretins /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretins /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretint /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretînmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃m/ |
entretîntes /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃t/ |
entretinrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃ʁ/ | |
future | entretiendrai /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
entretiendras /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
entretiendra /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
entretiendrons /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
entretiendrez /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
entretiendront /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | entretiendrais /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entretiendrais /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entretiendrait /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entretiendrions /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
entretiendriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
entretiendraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃.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 | entretienne /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛn/ |
entretiennes /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛn/ |
entretienne /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛn/ |
entretenions /ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.njɔ̃/ |
entreteniez /ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.nje/ |
entretiennent /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛn/ |
imperfect2 | entretinsse /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃s/ |
entretinsses /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃s/ |
entretînt /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretinssions /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
entretinssiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃.sje/ |
entretinssent /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃s/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | entretiens /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/ |
— | entretenons /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɔ̃/ |
entretenez /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ne/ |
— | |
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). |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “entretenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French entretenir.
Verb[edit]
entretenir
- (transitive) to maintain; to look after
Descendants[edit]
- English: entertain
- French: entretenir
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
entretenir
- (reflexive, s'entretenir) to support one another
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem entretien distinct from the unstressed stem entreten, as well as other irregularities. 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 | s'entretenir | estre entretenu | |||||
gerund | en entretenant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | entretenant | ||||||
past participle | entretenu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | m'entretieng, m'entretien | t'entretiens | s'entretient | nos entretenons | vos entretenez | s'entretienent |
imperfect | m'entretenoie, m'entreteneie | t'entretenoies, t'entreteneies | s'entretenoit, s'entreteneit | nos entreteniiens, nos entreteniens | vos entreteniiez, vos entreteniez | s'entretenoient, s'entreteneient | |
preterite | m'entretin | t'entretenis | s'entretint | nos entretenimes | vos entretenistes | s'entretindrent, s'entretinrent | |
future | m'entretendrai | t'entretendras | s'entretendra | nos entretendrons | vos entretendroiz, vos entretendreiz, vos entretendrez | s'entretendront | |
conditional | m'entretendroie, m'entretendreie | t'entretendroies, t'entretendreies | s'entretendroit, s'entretendreit | nos entretendriiens, nos entretendriens | vos entretendriiez, vos entretendriez | s'entretendroient, s'entretendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | m'entretiegne | t'entretiegnes | s'entretiegne | nos entretiegniens, nos entretiegnons | vos entretiegniez | s'entretiegnent |
imperfect | m'entretenisse | t'entretenisses | s'entretenist | nos entretenissons, nos entretenissiens | vos entretenissoiz, vos entretenissez, vos entretenissiez | s'entretenissent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | entretien-toi | — | entretenons-nos | entretenez-vos | — |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: entretenir
- → English: entertain
- French: entretenir
- Catalan compound terms
- Catalan 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Catalan/i(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/i(ɾ)/4 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan second conjugation verbs
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French 4-syllable words
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- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French transitive verbs
- French terms with usage examples
- French reflexive verbs
- French verbs with conjugation tenir
- French third group verbs
- French irregular verbs
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Middle French transitive verbs
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French reflexive verbs
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- Old French verbs with strong-id preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ir
- Old French irregular verbs