entretenir

Catalan

Etymology

entre + tenir.

Verb

entretenir (first-person singular present entretinc, past participle entretingut)

  1. to delay, to hold up
  2. to entertain

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir; equivalent to entre + tenir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).niʁ/
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Verb

entretenir

  1. (transitive) to maintain, to look after
  2. (transitive) to support (e.g a family)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to fuel, to keep something going
  4. (reflexive) to have a discussion (with someone)
  5. (reflexive) to keep fit

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.

  Conjugation of entretenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive entretenir avoir entretenu
gerund en entretenant en ayant entretenu
present participle entretenant
/ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɑ̃/
past participle entretenu
/ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ny/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
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 historic1 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic 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 je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
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/
imperfect1 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 Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— entretiens
/ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/		 — entretenons
/ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɔ̃/		 entretenez
/ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ne/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French entretenir.

Verb

entretenir

  1. (transitive) to maintain; to look after

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

entre + tenir.

Verb

entretenir

  1. (reflexive, s'entretenir) to support one another

Descendants

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