"entretenir" meaning in French

See entretenir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɑ̃.tʁə.t(ə).niʁ/ Audio: Fr-entretenir.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir; equivalent to entre + tenir. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|entretenir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French entretenir, {{inh+|fr|frm|entretenir}} Inherited from Middle French entretenir, {{inh|fr|fro|entretenir}} Old French entretenir Head templates: {{fr-verb}} entretenir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], entretenir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], entretenant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], entretenu [participle, past], entretiens [first-person, indicative, present, singular], entretiens [indicative, present, second-person, singular], entretient [indicative, present, singular, third-person], entretenons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], entretenez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], entretiennent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], entretenais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], entretenais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], entretenait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], entretenions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], entreteniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], entretenaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], entretins [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], entretins [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], entretint [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], entretînmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], entretîntes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], entretinrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], entretiendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], entretiendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], entretiendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], entretiendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], entretiendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], entretiendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], entretiendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], entretiendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], entretiendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], entretiendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], entretiendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], entretiendraient [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], entretienne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], entretiennes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], entretienne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], entretenions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], entreteniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], entretiennent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], entretinsse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], entretinsses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], entretînt [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], entretinssions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], entretinssiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], entretinssent [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], entretiens [imperative, second-person, singular], entretenons [first-person, imperative, plural], entretenez [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. (transitive) to maintain, to look after Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-entretenir-fr-verb-wv2X1njU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 5 8 16 17
  2. (transitive) to support (e.g a family) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-entretenir-fr-verb-SEBNxwe1
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to fuel, to keep something going Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-entretenir-fr-verb-W8S7GXZY
  4. (reflexive) to have a discussion (with someone) Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-entretenir-fr-verb-n1hYG6tl
  5. (reflexive) to keep fit Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-entretenir-fr-verb-xbZIVOcR Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation tenir Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation tenir: 24 12 16 14 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: entretien

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.njɔ̃/",
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      "form": "entretiennent",
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    },
    {
      "form": "entretinsse",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "entretinsses",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃s/",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "entretînt",
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    },
    {
      "form": "entretinssions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.tʁə.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/",
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        "plural",
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      "form": "entretinssiez",
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          "_dis": "53 5 8 16 17",
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          "english": "Canada maintains a high-profile relationship with the United States, a country with which it shares the longest undefended border in the world.",
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        "(transitive) to maintain, to look after"
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          "english": "Canada maintains a high-profile relationship with the United States, a country with which it shares the longest undefended border in the world.",
          "text": "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.",
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        "to have a discussion (with someone)"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.