sous-entendre
French
Etymology
From sous- + entendre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb
sous-entendre
- (transitive) to imply
Conjugation
Conjugation of sous-entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sous-entendre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sous-entendant /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sous-entendu /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | sous-entends /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | sous-entends /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | sous-entend /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | sous-entendons /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ | sous-entendez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ | sous-entendent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | sous-entendais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | sous-entendais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | sous-entendait /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | sous-entendions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ | sous-entendiez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ | sous-entendaient /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sous-entendis /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ | sous-entendis /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ | sous-entendit /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ | sous-entendîmes /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dim/ | sous-entendîtes /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dit/ | sous-entendirent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | sous-entendrai /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ | sous-entendras /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ | sous-entendra /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ | sous-entendrons /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | sous-entendrez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ | sous-entendront /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sous-entendrais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | sous-entendrais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | sous-entendrait /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | sous-entendrions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | sous-entendriez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ | sous-entendraient /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.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 | sous-entende /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ | sous-entendes /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ | sous-entende /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ | sous-entendions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ | sous-entendiez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ | sous-entendent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | sous-entendisse /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ | sous-entendisses /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ | sous-entendît /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ | sous-entendissions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | sous-entendissiez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sje/ | sous-entendissent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sous-entends /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | — | sous-entendons /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ | sous-entendez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “sous-entendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.