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entendre

See also: entendré

English

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Etymology

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Extracted from double entendre, corresponding to French entendre (“to understand, to mean”); doublet of intend.

Noun

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entendre (plural entendres)

  1. A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
    • 1970, Eugene Wildman, Montezuma’s Ball, Chicago, Ill.: The Swallow Press Inc., →LCCN, page 82:
      Like Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?
    • 1986, San Francisco Focus, volume 33, page 105, column 2:
      “Come on baby let’s ride / slide on into your four-wheel-drive and ride,” the singer urges, conveying more entendres than two.
    • 1992, Julie Burchill, Sex & Sensibility, London: Grafton, →ISBN, page 38:
      Still, in pursuit of said Phantom Nympho, much fun had been had – and more entendres doubled than you could shake a stick at.
    • 1999 November–December, Joel Drucker, “King of the Ring: Let the Critics Snipe; Pro Wrestling Honcho Vince McMahon Will Tell You, ‘We’re About What People Want’”, in Cigar Aficionado‎[1], volume 7, number 6, archived from the original on 2020-04-29, page 135, column 2:
      Though he decries “egghead philosophers who try to tell us what we are,” even [Vince] McMahon notes a historical connection surrounding the evolution of WWF plot lines. In the 1980s, echoing the Cold War, it was mostly a matter of good guys versus bad guys. “Black and white, pretty simple,” he says. “But now we’re into more entendres, different shadings.”
    • 2009, Steven Helmling, Adorno’s Poetics of Critique (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy)‎[2], Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
      […] and double-, triple-, multiple-entendres of its very title already begin to dramatize, and with the effect of seeming to replicate the very miscarriage of ‘dialectic’ itself that is the crux of the book’s indictment of ‘enlightenment’.
    • 2010, The British Tradition (Prentice Hall Literature), Michigan teacher’s edition, volume 2, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 804:
      Ono Komachi was a prominent and gifted poet in her day. She was able to weave emotional intensity, multiple entendres, and metaphors together to form elegant poetry.
    • 2019, Allen Salkin, Aaron Short, quoting Conrad Riggs, The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump’s Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired—and Inaugurated‎[3], New York, N.Y.: All Points Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, →ISBN:
      Survivor had been developed as Survive by Charlie Parsons. When I’d talk to people about it, they thought it sounded like a military thing or an athletic test of skill and strength. But it’s really a psychological and social experiment. “Survivor” had more entendres.

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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entendre (first-person singular present entenc, first-person singular preterite entenguí, past participle entès); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. to understand
    Synonym: comprendre
    Antonym: malentendre

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of entendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive entendre
gerund 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
affirmative — entén entengui entenguem enteneu entenguin
negative (no) — no entenguis no entengui no entenguem no entengueu no entenguin

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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entendre

  1. to hear
  2. (intransitive) to be able to hear
  3. (literary) to listen to
  4. (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"?
  5. (reflexive) to agree with each other
  6. (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!
  7. (pronominal) to be good or competent at something
    s’y entendre en […] ― to be good at […]
  8. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
    Synonym: désirer
    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
    Synonym: exiger
  10. (dated) to know
    Synonym: savoir
  11. (archaic) to understand
    Synonym: comprendre

Conjugation

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Conjugation of entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple entendre
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 – 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 simple s'entendre
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 – 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).

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Etymology

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From Old French entendre.

Verb

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entendre

  1. to hear
  2. to understand

Descendants

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  • French: entendre

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  • ouyr (“to hear”)

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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entendre

  1. to hear
  2. to understand

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Etymology

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

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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

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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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— entent — entendons entendez —

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