"maintenir" meaning in French

See maintenir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mɛ̃t.niʁ/ Audio: Fr-maintenir.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French maintenir, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). Equivalent to main + tenir. Compare Spanish mantener, Portuguese manter, Italian mantenere. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|maintenir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French maintenir, {{inh+|fr|fro|maintenir}} Inherited from Old French maintenir, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{inh|fr|LL.|manūteneō|manūtenēre|to support}} Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), {{inh|fr|la|manū||with the hand}} Latin manū (“with the hand”), {{m|la|teneō||to hold}} teneō (“to hold”), {{af|fr|main|tenir}} main + tenir, {{cog|es|mantener}} Spanish mantener, {{cog|pt|manter}} Portuguese manter, {{cog|it|mantenere}} Italian mantenere Head templates: {{fr-verb}} maintenir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], maintenir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], maintenant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], maintenu [participle, past], maintiens [first-person, indicative, present, singular], maintiens [indicative, present, second-person, singular], maintient [indicative, present, singular, third-person], maintenons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], maintenez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], maintiennent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], maintenais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], maintenais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], maintenait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], maintenions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], mainteniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], maintenaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], maintins [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], maintins [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], maintint [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], maintînmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], maintîntes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], maintinrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], maintiendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], maintiendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], maintiendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], maintiendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], maintiendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], maintiendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], maintiendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], maintiendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], maintiendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], maintiendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], maintiendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], maintiendraient [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], maintienne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], maintiennes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], maintienne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], maintenions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], mainteniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], maintiennent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], maintinsse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], maintinsses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], maintînt [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], maintinssions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], maintinssiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], maintinssent [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], maintiens [imperative, second-person, singular], maintenons [first-person, imperative, plural], maintenez [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 maintain
    Sense id: en-maintenir-fr-verb-t-ZvLBOc
  2. to stick to
    Sense id: en-maintenir-fr-verb-Roc-F0fj
  3. (reflexive, se maintenir, of the weather) to stay fair Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-maintenir-fr-verb-ta5E~XOB
  4. (reflexive, se maintenir) to persist Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-maintenir-fr-verb-81hCIXrM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 17 10 38 25
  5. (reflexive, se maintenir) to keep up Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-maintenir-fr-verb-2uyhz3Fh Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation tenir Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation tenir: 12 21 12 24 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maintenant Related terms: maintien

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tɛ̃ʁ/",
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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁe/",
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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁa/",
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁa/",
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    },
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      "form": "maintiendront",
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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/",
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      "form": "maintiendrait",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "maintiendriez",
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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    {
      "form": "maintienne",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛn/",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maintienne",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tjɛn/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maintenions",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tə.njɔ̃/",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mainteniez",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tə.nje/",
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    {
      "form": "maintiennent",
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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tɛ̃s/",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maintînt",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tɛ̃/",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maintinssions",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maintinssiez",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tɛ̃.sje/",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maintinssent",
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃.tɛ̃s/",
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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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 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.

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