entendre

entendre

1. Only used in double entendre and single entendre.

• entender, renneted

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ənˈten.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /enˈten.dɾe/

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

1. to understand

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/

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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; 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. (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

• double entendre

• “entendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "entendre"

From Old French entendre.

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

• French: entendre

• ouyr (“to hear”)

• entèndre (Mistralian)

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

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

• IPA^(key): /ẽn.ˈtẽn.drə/

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

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.

• (hear): oïr

• Middle French: entendre
  • French: entendre