entretenir
Catalan
Etymology
From entre + tenir.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ən.tɾə.təˈni/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /en.tɾe.teˈniɾ/
- Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Verb
entretenir (first-person singular present entretinc, past participle entretingut)
- to delay, hold up
- Synonym: retenir
- to entertain
- Synonyms: divertir, distreure
Conjugation
Conjugation of entretenir (second conjugation with velar infix, type tenir)
| infinitive | entretenir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | entretenint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | entretingut | entretinguda | |||||
| plural | entretinguts | entretingudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | entretinc | entretens | entreté | entretenim | entreteniu | entretenen | |
| imperfect | entretenia | entretenies | entretenia | entreteníem | entreteníeu | entretenien | |
| future | entretindré | entretindràs | entretindrà | entretindrem | entretindreu | entretindran | |
| preterite | entretinguí | entretingueres | entretingué | entretinguérem | entretinguéreu | entretingueren | |
| conditional | entretindria | entretindries | entretindria | entretindríem | entretindríeu | entretindrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | entretingui | entretinguis | entretingui | entretinguem | entretingueu | entretinguin | |
| imperfect | entretingués | entretinguessis | entretingués | entretinguéssim | entretinguéssiu | entretinguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | entreté | entretingui | entretinguem | entreteniu | entretinguin | ||
Derived terms
- entreteniment
- entretenir-se
Further reading
- “entretenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “entretenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “entretenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “entretenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir; equivalent to entre + tenir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).niʁ/
Audio (file)
Verb
entretenir
- (transitive) to maintain, to look after
- Le Canada entretient une relation de premier plan avec les États-Unis, pays avec lequel il partage la plus longue frontière non défendue du monde.
- Canada maintains a high-profile relationship with the United States, a country with which it shares the longest undefended border in the world.
- (transitive) to support (e.g a family)
- (transitive, figuratively) to fuel, to keep something going
- (reflexive) to have a discussion (with someone)
- (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. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).
Conjugation of entretenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | entretenir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | entretenant /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | entretenu /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | 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 | 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/ |
| imperfect2 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | entretiens /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/ | — | entretenons /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɔ̃/ | entretenez /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ne/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- entretien
Further reading
- “entretenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- inertèrent
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French entretenir.
Verb
entretenir
- (transitive) to maintain; to look after
Descendants
- English: entertain
- French: entretenir
Old French
Etymology
entre + tenir.
Verb
entretenir
- (reflexive, s'entretenir) to support one another
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem entretien distinct from the unstressed stem entreten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of s'entretenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | s'entretenir | estre entretenu | |||||
| gerund | en entretenant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | entretenant | ||||||
| past participle | entretenu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | m'entretieng, m'entretien | t'entretiens | s'entretient | nos entretenons | vos entretenez | s'entretienent |
| imperfect | m'entretenoie, m'entreteneie | t'entretenoies, t'entreteneies | s'entretenoit, s'entreteneit | nos entreteniiens, nos entreteniens | vos entreteniiez, vos entreteniez | s'entretenoient, s'entreteneient | |
| preterite | m'entretin | t'entretenis | s'entretint | nos entretenimes | vos entretenistes | s'entretindrent, s'entretinrent | |
| future | m'entretendrai | t'entretendras | s'entretendra | nos entretendrons | vos entretendroiz, vos entretendreiz, vos entretendrez | s'entretendront | |
| conditional | m'entretendroie, m'entretendreie | t'entretendroies, t'entretendreies | s'entretendroit, s'entretendreit | nos entretendriiens, nos entretendriens | vos entretendriiez, vos entretendriez | s'entretendroient, s'entretendreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | m'entretiegne | t'entretiegnes | s'entretiegne | nos entretiegniens, nos entretiegnons | vos entretiegniez | s'entretiegnent |
| imperfect | m'entretenisse | t'entretenisses | s'entretenist | nos entretenissons, nos entretenissiens | vos entretenissoiz, vos entretenissez, vos entretenissiez | s'entretenissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | entretien-toi | — | entretenons-nos | entretenez-vos | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: entretenir
- → English: entertain
- French: entretenir