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entretenir
entretenir
Catalan
Verb
entretenir (first-person singular present entretinc, past participle entretingut)
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Verb
entretenir
- (transitive) to maintain, to look after
- (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.
Conjugation of entretenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | entretenir | avoir entretenu | |||||
| gerund | en entretenant | en ayant entretenu | |||||
| present participle | entretenant /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | entretenu /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ny/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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.sjɛn/ |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | entretins /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretins /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretint /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃/ |
entretînmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃m/ |
entretîntes /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃t/ |
entretinrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | entretiendrai /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
entretiendras /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
entretiendra /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
entretiendrons /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
entretiendrez /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
entretiendront /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | entretiendrais /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entretiendrais /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entretiendrait /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
entretiendrions /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
entretiendriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
entretiendraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | entretienne /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛn/ |
entretiennes /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛn/ |
entretienne /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛn/ |
entretenions /ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.njɔ̃/ |
entreteniez /ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.nje/ |
entretiennent /ɑ̃.tʁə.sjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | entretiens /ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃/ |
— | entretenons /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).nɔ̃/ |
entretenez /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||