entamer

French

Etymology

From Provençal entamenar, from Late Latin intaminare, from Latin in- + tangere + -are.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ta.me/
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Verb

entamer

  1. to cut into (something)
  2. to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility)
  3. to remove a small piece of something
  4. to start, to begin, initiate

Conjugation
Conjugation of entamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle entamant
/ɑ̃.ta.mɑ̃/
past participle entamé
/ɑ̃.ta.me/
infinitive
simple entamer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple entamant
/ɑ̃.ta.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present entame
/ɑ̃.tam/		 entames
/ɑ̃.tam/		 entame
/ɑ̃.tam/		 entamons
/ɑ̃.ta.mɔ̃/		 entamez
/ɑ̃.ta.me/		 entament
/ɑ̃.tam/
imperfect entamais
/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/		 entamais
/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/		 entamait
/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/		 entamions
/ɑ̃.ta.mjɔ̃/		 entamiez
/ɑ̃.ta.mje/		 entamaient
/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/
past historic2 entamai
/ɑ̃.ta.me/		 entamas
/ɑ̃.ta.ma/		 entama
/ɑ̃.ta.ma/		 entamâmes
/ɑ̃.ta.mam/		 entamâtes
/ɑ̃.ta.mat/		 entamèrent
/ɑ̃.ta.mɛʁ/
future entamerai
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁe/		 entameras
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁa/		 entamera
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁa/		 entamerons
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɔ̃/		 entamerez
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁe/		 entameront
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɔ̃/
conditional entamerais
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/		 entamerais
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/		 entamerait
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/		 entamerions
/ɑ̃.ta.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 entameriez
/ɑ̃.ta.mə.ʁje/		 entameraient
/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/
(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 entame
/ɑ̃.tam/		 entames
/ɑ̃.tam/		 entame
/ɑ̃.tam/		 entamions
/ɑ̃.ta.mjɔ̃/		 entamiez
/ɑ̃.ta.mje/		 entament
/ɑ̃.tam/
imperfect2 entamasse
/ɑ̃.ta.mas/		 entamasses
/ɑ̃.ta.mas/		 entamât
/ɑ̃.ta.ma/		 entamassions
/ɑ̃.ta.ma.sjɔ̃/		 entamassiez
/ɑ̃.ta.ma.sje/		 entamassent
/ɑ̃.ta.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — entame
/ɑ̃.tam/		 — entamons
/ɑ̃.ta.mɔ̃/		 entamez
/ɑ̃.ta.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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