entretenir
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
entretenir (first-person singular present entretinc, first-person singular preterite entretinguí, past participle entretingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to delay, hold up
- Synonym: retenir
- to entertain
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to waste time, to dawdle
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be delayed
- Synonym: retardar-se
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to amuse oneself
- Synonym: distreure's
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, 2024
- “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
Inherited 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 | gerund of estre + 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 | present tense of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre + 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 | present subjunctive of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | entretien-toi | — | entretenons-nos | entretenez-vos | — |
Descendants edit
- Middle French: entretenir
- → English: entertain
- French: entretenir