entendre

See also: entendré

English

Noun

entendre

  1. Only used in double entendre and single entendre.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to understand

Conjugation

French

Etymology

From Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

entendre

  1. to hear
  2. (intransitive) to be able to hear
  3. (literary) to listen to
  4. (formal) to mean
  5. (reflexive) to agree with each other.
  6. (reflexive) to have good relations with; to get on.
    Je m'entends bien avec elle — I get along well with her.
  7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something.
    s'y entendre en
  8. (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.
  9. (dated) to demand
  10. (dated) to know
  11. (archaic) to understand

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French entendre.

Verb

entendre

  1. to hear
  2. to understand

Descendants

See also

  • ouyr (“to hear”)

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • entèndre (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Verb

entendre

  1. to hear
  2. to understand

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ẽn.ˈtẽn.drə/

Verb

entendre

  1. to hear
  2. 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

Conjugation

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
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 —

Synonyms

Descendants

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