obtenir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obtineō, obtinēre, with conjugation based on tenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.təˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [op.təˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [op.teˈniɾ]

Verb

obtenir (first-person singular present obtinc, first-person singular preterite obtinguí, past participle obtingut)

1. to obtain, to get

Related terms

• obtenció
• obtenidor
• obteniment

Further reading

• “obtenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “obtenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “obtenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “obtenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French obtenir, borrowed from Latin obtineō, obtinēre, with conjugation based on tenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.tə.niʁ/

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Verb

obtenir

1. to get, to obtain

Conjugation

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-).

Conjugation of obtenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	obtenir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	obtenant /ɔp.tə.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		obtenu /ɔp.tə.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	obtiens /ɔp.tjɛ̃/	obtiens /ɔp.tjɛ̃/	obtient /ɔp.tjɛ̃/	obtenons /ɔp.tə.nɔ̃/	obtenez /ɔp.tə.ne/	obtiennent /ɔp.tjɛn/
	imperfect	obtenais /ɔp.tə.nɛ/	obtenais /ɔp.tə.nɛ/	obtenait /ɔp.tə.nɛ/	obtenions /ɔp.tə.njɔ̃/	obteniez /ɔp.tə.nje/	obtenaient /ɔp.tə.nɛ/
	past historic2	obtins /ɔp.tɛ̃/	obtins /ɔp.tɛ̃/	obtint /ɔp.tɛ̃/	obtînmes /ɔp.tɛ̃m/	obtîntes /ɔp.tɛ̃t/	obtinrent /ɔp.tɛ̃ʁ/
	future	obtiendrai /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁe/	obtiendras /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁa/	obtiendra /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁa/	obtiendrons /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	obtiendrez /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁe/	obtiendront /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	obtiendrais /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	obtiendrais /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	obtiendrait /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	obtiendrions /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	obtiendriez /ɔp.tjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	obtiendraient /ɔp.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	obtienne /ɔp.tjɛn/	obtiennes /ɔp.tjɛn/	obtienne /ɔp.tjɛn/	obtenions /ɔp.tə.njɔ̃/	obteniez /ɔp.tə.nje/	obtiennent /ɔp.tjɛn/
	imperfect2	obtinsse /ɔp.tɛ̃s/	obtinsses /ɔp.tɛ̃s/	obtînt /ɔp.tɛ̃/	obtinssions /ɔp.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	obtinssiez /ɔp.tɛ̃.sje/	obtinssent /ɔp.tɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	obtiens /ɔp.tjɛ̃/	—	obtenons /ɔp.tə.nɔ̃/	obtenez /ɔp.tə.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: 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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• broient, robinet

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French obtenir.

Verb

obtenir

1. to obtain

Descendants

• English: obtain
• French: obtenir

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Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1283, borrowed from Latin obtineō, obtinēre, with conjugation modeled on tenir.

Verb

obtenir

1. to obtain

Descendants

• English: obtain
• Middle French: obtenir
  • French: obtenir