"prétendre" meaning in French

See prétendre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pʁe.tɑ̃dʁ/ Audio: Fr-prétendre.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French pretendre, from Old French pretendre, a borrowing from Latin praetendere. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|pretendre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French pretendre, {{inh+|fr|frm|pretendre}} Inherited from Middle French pretendre, {{inh|fr|fro|pretendre}} Old French pretendre, {{der|fr|la|praetendō|praetendere}} Latin praetendere Head templates: {{fr-verb}} prétendre Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], prétendre [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], prétendant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], prétendu [participle, past], prétends [first-person, indicative, present, singular], prétends [indicative, present, second-person, singular], prétend [indicative, present, singular, third-person], prétendons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], prétendez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], prétendent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], prétendais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], prétendais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], prétendait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], prétendions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], prétendiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], prétendaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], prétendis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], prétendis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], prétendit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], prétendîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], prétendîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], prétendirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], prétendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], prétendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], prétendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], prétendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], prétendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], prétendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], prétendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], prétendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], prétendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], prétendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], prétendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], prétendraient [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], prétende [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], prétendes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prétende [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prétendions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], prétendiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], prétendent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], prétendisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], prétendisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prétendît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prétendissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], prétendissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], prétendissent [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], prétends [imperative, second-person, singular], prétendons [first-person, imperative, plural], prétendez [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 claim, to allege
    Sense id: en-prétendre-fr-verb-AwdPnVw3
  2. to expect, to consider necessary
    Sense id: en-prétendre-fr-verb-VfLhgYa-
  3. (intransitive) to aim at, to set one's sights on [with à] Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-prétendre-fr-verb-ECMQi5HJ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 21 60 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 63 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 10 71 7 7
  4. (reflexive) to claim Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-prétendre-fr-verb-CuTVe7Qv
  5. (Louisiana) to pretend Tags: Louisiana
    Sense id: en-prétendre-fr-verb-VRTZ8XNb Categories (other): Louisiana French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: prétention

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁa/",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "prétendra",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "prétendrais",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendrait",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendrions",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendriez",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendraient",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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    },
    {
      "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": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prétende",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendes",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétende",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃d/",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendions",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendiez",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendent",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃d/",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendisse",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendisses",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendît",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.di/",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendissions",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendissiez",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.di.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prétendissent",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prétendez",
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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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  "lang_code": "fr",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to claim, to allege"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "allege",
          "allege"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to expect, to consider necessary"
      ],
      "id": "en-prétendre-fr-verb-VfLhgYa-",
      "links": [
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Louisiana) to pretend"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʁe.tɑ̃dʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-prétendre.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/Fr-pr%C3%A9tendre.ogg/Fr-pr%C3%A9tendre.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Fr-pr%C3%A9tendre.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prétendre"
}

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