entendre
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
entendre
- Only used in double entendre, single entendre, and triple entendre.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin intendere (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
entendre (first-person singular present entenc, past participle entès)
- to understand
- Synonym: comprendre
- Antonym: malentendre
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | entendre | ||||||
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present participle | entenent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | entès | entesa | |||||
plural | entesos | enteses | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
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 | |
— | entén | entengui | entenguem | enteneu | entenguin |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “entendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “entendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “entendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “entendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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
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
infinitive | simple | entendre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | entendant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
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/ |
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 | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
infinitive | simple | s'entendre | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'entendant /sɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
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/ |
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 | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “entendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of “entendre”
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French entendre.
VerbEdit
entendre
- to hear
- to understand
DescendantsEdit
- French: entendre
See alsoEdit
- ouyr (“to hear”)
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
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 | |||||
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 |
imperfect | entendisse | entendisses | entendist | entendissons, entendissiens | entendissoiz, entendissez, entendissiez | entendissent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | entent | — | entendons | entendez | — |
SynonymsEdit
- (hear): oïr