"entamer" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃.ta.me/ Audio: Fr-entamer.ogg
Etymology: From Provençal entamenar, from Latin intaminare, from Latin in- + tangere + -are. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|prv|-}} Provençal, {{m|oc|entamenar}} entamenar, {{der|fr|la|intaminare}} Latin intaminare, {{der|fr|la|in-}} Latin in-, {{m|la|tangere}} tangere, {{m|la|-are}} -are Head templates: {{fr-verb}} entamer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], entamer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], entamant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], entamé [participle, past], entame [first-person, indicative, present, singular], entames [indicative, present, second-person, singular], entame [indicative, present, singular, third-person], entamons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], entamez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], entament [indicative, plural, present, third-person], entamais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], entamais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], entamait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], entamions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], entamiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], entamaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], entamai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], entamas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], entama [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], entamâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], entamâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], entamèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], entamerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], entameras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], entamera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], entamerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], entamerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], entameront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], entamerais [conditional, first-person, singular], entamerais [conditional, second-person, singular], entamerait [conditional, singular, third-person], entamerions [conditional, first-person, plural], entameriez [conditional, plural, second-person], entameraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], entame [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], entames [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], entame [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], entamions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], entamiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], entament [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], entamasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], entamasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], entamât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], entamassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], entamassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], entamassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], entame [imperative, second-person, singular], entamons [first-person, imperative, plural], entamez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to cut into (something)
    Sense id: en-entamer-fr-verb-xJ9TIfFD
  2. to remove a small piece of something
    Sense id: en-entamer-fr-verb-1dvV6dY5
  3. (card games) to lead (play the first card) Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-entamer-fr-verb-Lqs8~s71 Topics: card-games, games
  4. (figurative) to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-entamer-fr-verb-BHnSIRqS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 12 58 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 19 16 32 16
  5. (figurative) to start, to begin, initiate Tags: figuratively Synonyms: commencer
    Sense id: en-entamer-fr-verb-0b0VqZlA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rentamer

Inflected forms

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          "english": "With this victory of the centrist Democrat Tom Suozzi against the Republican Mazi Pilip, the Democrats are eating a little bit further into the very slim majority held by Donald Trump's Republican Party in the House of Representatives.",
          "ref": "2024 (13 February), Nicolas Revise, \"Victoire démocrate à une législative à New York pour remplacer George Santos\", La Presse",
          "text": "Avec cette victoire du démocrate centriste Tom Suozzi contre la républicaine Mazi Pilip, [...] les démocrates entament encore un peu plus la très mince majorité du Parti républicain de Donald Trump à la Chambre [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility)"
      ],
      "id": "en-entamer-fr-verb-BHnSIRqS",
      "links": [
        [
          "eat into",
          "eat into"
        ],
        [
          "undermine",
          "undermine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "As she was paying no attention to me, I installed myself tranquilly on a step with a cup of coffee and an orange and began my morning ritual: I bit into an orange, a sugary juice spurting into my mouth; a swallow of burning hot black coffee, immediately after, and then again the freshness of the fruit.",
          "ref": "1954, Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse",
          "text": "Comme elle ne me prêtait pas attention, je m’installai tranquillement sur une marche avec une tasse de café et une orange et entamai les délices du matin : je mordais une orange, un jus sucré giclait dans ma bouche ; une gorgée de café noir brûlant, aussitôt, et à nouveau la fraîcheur du fruit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Notwithstanding the absence of any trace of the Greek word in the Coptic dictionaries one can assume that the Arabs have found these notions and corresponding words during their long occupation of Egypt before going over to the conquest of the West.",
          "ref": "2017, Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors, Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques, Berlin: De Gruyter, page 172 footnote 232",
          "text": "Malgré l’absence de traces du mot grec dans les dictionnaires du copte, on peut suspecter […] que les Arabes aient trouvé ces notions et les mots correspondants pendant leur longue occupation de l’Égypte avant d’entamer la conquête de l’Ouest.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start, to begin, initiate"
      ],
      "id": "en-entamer-fr-verb-0b0VqZlA",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to start, to begin, initiate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "commencer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.me/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-entamer.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Fr-entamer.ogg",
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}
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  "categories": [
    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French first group verbs",
    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Provençal",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French verbs",
    "French verbs with conjugation -er"
  ],
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        "2": "prv",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "entamenar"
      },
      "expansion": "entamenar",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "intaminare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin intaminare",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "in-"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Provençal entamenar, from Latin intaminare, from Latin in- + tangere + -are.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "entamer",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      "form": "avoir + past participle",
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        "infinitive",
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        "present"
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        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "entamez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.me/",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entament",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "entamais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "entamais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamaient",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamai",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.me/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamas",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.ma/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entama",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.ma/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamâmes",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamâtes",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamèrent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamerai",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "entameras",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamera",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamerons",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamerez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entameront",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamerais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "entamerais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamerait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamerions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entameriez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entameraient",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entame",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entames",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entame",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entament",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamasse",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamasses",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamât",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.ma/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamassions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.ma.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.ma.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamassent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entame",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamons",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.mɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entamez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.me/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "entamer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rentamer"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cut into the skin",
          "text": "entamer la peau",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut into (something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "entamer un pain, un melon, un pâté ― cut a piece of bread, melon, pâté",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to remove a small piece of something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lead (play the first card)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) to lead (play the first card)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "With this victory of the centrist Democrat Tom Suozzi against the Republican Mazi Pilip, the Democrats are eating a little bit further into the very slim majority held by Donald Trump's Republican Party in the House of Representatives.",
          "ref": "2024 (13 February), Nicolas Revise, \"Victoire démocrate à une législative à New York pour remplacer George Santos\", La Presse",
          "text": "Avec cette victoire du démocrate centriste Tom Suozzi contre la républicaine Mazi Pilip, [...] les démocrates entament encore un peu plus la très mince majorité du Parti républicain de Donald Trump à la Chambre [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eat into",
          "eat into"
        ],
        [
          "undermine",
          "undermine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "As she was paying no attention to me, I installed myself tranquilly on a step with a cup of coffee and an orange and began my morning ritual: I bit into an orange, a sugary juice spurting into my mouth; a swallow of burning hot black coffee, immediately after, and then again the freshness of the fruit.",
          "ref": "1954, Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse",
          "text": "Comme elle ne me prêtait pas attention, je m’installai tranquillement sur une marche avec une tasse de café et une orange et entamai les délices du matin : je mordais une orange, un jus sucré giclait dans ma bouche ; une gorgée de café noir brûlant, aussitôt, et à nouveau la fraîcheur du fruit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Notwithstanding the absence of any trace of the Greek word in the Coptic dictionaries one can assume that the Arabs have found these notions and corresponding words during their long occupation of Egypt before going over to the conquest of the West.",
          "ref": "2017, Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors, Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques, Berlin: De Gruyter, page 172 footnote 232",
          "text": "Malgré l’absence de traces du mot grec dans les dictionnaires du copte, on peut suspecter […] que les Arabes aient trouvé ces notions et les mots correspondants pendant leur longue occupation de l’Égypte avant d’entamer la conquête de l’Ouest.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start, to begin, initiate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to start, to begin, initiate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "commencer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ta.me/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-entamer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Fr-entamer.ogg/Fr-entamer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Fr-entamer.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "entamer"
}

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