entêter
French
Etymology
From en- + tête + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/, /ɑ̃.te.te/
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Verb
entêter
- to be stubborn
- to persist
- to go to the head
- Ce vin m'entête.
- This wine goes to my head.
Conjugation
Conjugation of entêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | entêter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | entêtant /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | entêté /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | entêtes /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | entêtons /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɔ̃/ | entêtez /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ | entêtent /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
| imperfect | entêtais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ | entêtais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ | entêtait /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ | entêtions /ɑ̃.tɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tjɔ̃/ | entêtiez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.te.tje/ | entêtaient /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | entêtai /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ | entêtas /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta/ | entêta /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta/ | entêtâmes /ɑ̃.tɛ.tam/ or /ɑ̃.te.tam/ | entêtâtes /ɑ̃.tɛ.tat/ or /ɑ̃.te.tat/ | entêtèrent /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | entêterai /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁe/ | entêteras /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁa/ | entêtera /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁa/ | entêterons /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɔ̃/ | entêterez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁe/ | entêteront /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | entêterais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ | entêterais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ | entêterait /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ | entêterions /ɑ̃.tɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | entêteriez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.te.tə.ʁje/ | entêteraient /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | entêtes /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | entêtions /ɑ̃.tɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tjɔ̃/ | entêtiez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.te.tje/ | entêtent /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | entêtasse /ɑ̃.tɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.te.tas/ | entêtasses /ɑ̃.tɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.te.tas/ | entêtât /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta/ | entêtassions /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta.sjɔ̃/ | entêtassiez /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta.sje/ | entêtassent /ɑ̃.tɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.te.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ | — | entêtons /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɔ̃/ | entêtez /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ | — | |
| 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
- entêtement
- entêté
Further reading
- “entêter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- retente, retenté