entrebâiller
French
Etymology
entre- + bâiller (“to gape”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/, /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/
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Verb
entrebâiller
- (transitive) to half-open; to leave ajar
Conjugation
Conjugation of entrebâiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | entrebâiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | entrebâillant /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | entrebâillé /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | entrebâilles /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | entrebâillons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɔ̃/ | entrebâillez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/ | entrebâillent /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ |
imperfect | entrebâillais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/ | entrebâillais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/ | entrebâillait /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/ | entrebâillions /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.jɔ̃/ | entrebâilliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.je/ | entrebâillaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | entrebâillai /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/ | entrebâillas /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja/ | entrebâilla /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja/ | entrebâillâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jam/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jam/ | entrebâillâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jat/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jat/ | entrebâillèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
future | entrebâillerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁe/ | entrebâilleras /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁa/ | entrebâillera /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁa/ | entrebâillerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | entrebâillerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁe/ | entrebâilleront /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | entrebâillerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/ | entrebâillerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/ | entrebâillerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.ʁɛ/ | entrebâillerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | entrebâilleriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jə.ʁje/ | entrebâilleraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.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 | entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | entrebâilles /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | entrebâillions /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.jɔ̃/ | entrebâilliez /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj.je/ | entrebâillent /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ |
imperfect2 | entrebâillasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jas/ | entrebâillasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jas/ | entrebâillât /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja/ | entrebâillassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ | entrebâillassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.ja.sje/ | entrebâillassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jas/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | entrebâille /ɑ̃.tʁə.baj/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑj/ | — | entrebâillons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.jɔ̃/ | entrebâillez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/ or /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/ | — | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- entrebâillement
Further reading
- “entrebâiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.