entendre

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

entendre

Only used in double entendre, single entendre, and triple entendre.

AnagramsEdit

entender, renneted

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin intendere (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ənˈten.dɾə/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /enˈten.dɾe/
Audio (file)

VerbEdit

entendre (first-person singular present entenc, past participle entès)

to understand
Synonym: comprendre

Antonym: malentendre

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of entendre (second conjugation with velar infix)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			entendre
present participle			entenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		entès		entesa
		plural		entesos		enteses
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	entenc	entens	entén	entenem	enteneu	entenen
	imperfect	entenia	entenies	entenia	enteníem	enteníeu	entenien
	future	entendré	entendràs	entendrà	entendrem	entendreu	entendran
	preterite	entenguí	entengueres	entengué	entenguérem	entenguéreu	entengueren
	conditional	entendria	entendries	entendria	entendríem	entendríeu	entendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	entengui	entenguis	entengui	entenguem	entengueu	entenguin
	imperfect	entengués	entenguessis	entengués	entenguéssim	entenguéssiu	entenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	entén	entengui	entenguem	enteneu	entenguin

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”). Cognate with Spanish entender, English intend.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
audio (file)

VerbEdit

entendre

to hear
(intransitive) to be able to hear
(literary) to listen to
(formal) to mean
Synonym: (informal) vouloir dire

Qu'entendez-vous par là ? ― What do you mean by that?

Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? ― What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?
(reflexive) to agree with each other
(reflexive) to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
Je m'entends bien avec elle. ― I get along well with her.

Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! ― If only my kids got along!
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something
s'y entendre en […] ― to be good at […]
(rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
comme je l’entends ― as I wish

J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes. ― I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.
(dated) to demand
(dated) to know
(archaic) to understand

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	entendre
present participle or gerund¹	simple	entendant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entendu /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entends /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/	entends /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/	entend /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/	entendons /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	entendez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/	entendent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/
	imperfect	entendais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/	entendais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/	entendait /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/	entendions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	entendiez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/	entendaient /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic²	entendis /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	entendis /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	entendit /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	entendîmes /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dim/	entendîtes /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dit/	entendirent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	entendrai /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/	entendras /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/	entendra /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/	entendrons /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	entendrez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/	entendront /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entendrais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	entendrais /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	entendrait /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	entendrions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	entendriez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/	entendraient /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.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	entende /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/	entendes /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/	entende /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/	entendions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	entendiez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/	entendent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	entendisse /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/	entendisses /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/	entendît /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	entendissions /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	entendissiez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sje/	entendissent /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	entends /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/	—	entendons /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	entendez /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/	—
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).

Conjugation of s'entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	s'être + past participle
infinitive	simple	s'entendre
present participle or gerund¹	simple	s'entendant /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		entendu /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m'entends /mɑ̃.tɑ̃/	t'entends /tɑ̃.tɑ̃/	s'entend /sɑ̃.tɑ̃/	nous entendons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	vous entendez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/	s'entendent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃d/
	imperfect	m'entendais /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/	t'entendais /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/	s'entendait /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/	nous entendions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vous entendiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/	s'entendaient /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic²	m'entendis /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	t'entendis /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	s'entendit /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	nous entendîmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dim/	vous entendîtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dit/	s'entendirent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	m'entendrai /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/	t'entendras /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/	s'entendra /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/	nous entendrons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	vous entendrez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/	s'entendront /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m'entendrais /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	t'entendrais /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	s'entendrait /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	nous entendrions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	vous entendriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/	s'entendraient /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m'entende /mɑ̃.tɑ̃d/	t'entendes /tɑ̃.tɑ̃d/	s'entende /sɑ̃.tɑ̃d/	nous entendions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vous entendiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/	s'entendent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃d/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	m'entendisse /mɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/	t'entendisses /tɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/	s'entendît /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/	nous entendissions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	vous entendissiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sje/	s'entendissent /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	entends-toi /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.twa/	—	entendons-nous /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃.nu/	entendez-vous /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Derived termsEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French entendre.

VerbEdit

entendre

to hear
to understand

DescendantsEdit

French: entendre

OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

entèndre (Mistralian)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).

PronunciationEdit

Audio (Languedocien) (file)

VerbEdit

entendre

to hear
to understand

ConjugationEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).

PronunciationEdit

(archaic) IPA^(key): /enˈtendɾə/
IPA^(key): /anˈtandɾə/

VerbEdit

entendre

to hear
to understand
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 186 of this essay:
  tu dois entendre que matiere de lepre c’est humeur melencolique adusté
  you must understand that the matter that makes up leprosy is hot melancholic humor

ConjugationEdit

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of entendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		entendre			avoir entendu
gerund		en entendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		entendant
past participle		entendu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	entent	entenz	entent	entendons	entendez	entendent
	imperfect	entendoie, entendeie	entendoies, entendeies	entendoit, entendeit	entendiiens, entendiens	entendiiez, entendiez	entendoient, entendeient
	preterite	entendi	entendis	entendié	entendimes	entendistes	entendierent
	future	entendrai	entendras	entendra	entendrons	entendroiz, entendreiz, entendrez	entendront
	conditional	entendroie, entendreie	entendroies, entendreies	entendroit, entendreit	entendriiens, entendriens	entendriiez, entendriez	entendroient, entendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	entende	entendes	entende	entendons	entendez	entendent
simple tenses	imperfect	entendisse	entendisses	entendist	entendissons, entendissiens	entendissoiz, entendissez, entendissiez	entendissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	entent	—	entendons	entendez	—

SynonymsEdit

(hear): oïr

DescendantsEdit

→ Middle English: entenden, intenden
- English: intend
Middle French: entendre
- French: entendre

entendre

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