"entertain" meaning in All languages combined

See entertain on Wiktionary

Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˌɛn.tɜː.ˈteɪn\, ˌɛn.tɜː.ˈteɪn Audio: En-us-entertain.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-entertain.wav
  1. Distraire, amuser, régaler, divertir.
    Sense id: fr-entertain-en-verb-HkV8W5ga Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Recevoir des visiteurs.
    Sense id: fr-entertain-en-verb-MvZgT9as Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  3. Envisager, concevoir.
    Sense id: fr-entertain-en-verb-~cEEib0u Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: entertainer Related terms: appreciate, desire, like, shelter

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
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      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "artiste (performant",
      "word": "entertainer"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "translation": "apprécier",
      "word": "appreciate"
    },
    {
      "translation": "désirer",
      "word": "desire"
    },
    {
      "translation": "aimer",
      "word": "like"
    },
    {
      "translation": "abriter",
      "word": "shelter"
    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Julie Gray, Just Effing Entertain Me: A Screenwriter's Atlas, 2013",
          "text": "If you have any illusions that the entertainment business is anything more or less than that, you've got another thing coming. Okay fine, you weren't born yesterday. Movies have to entertain, scripts have to entertain first. But - how?"
        }
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    },
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "P. Foster, Abbey Cooks Entertain, ca 2000",
          "text": "House brand to entertain guests. Here are 3 essential tips to help you create these magnificent scones"
        }
      ],
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        "Recevoir des visiteurs."
      ],
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    },
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She entertained the notion that he could be right, but later dismissed it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Leo Varadkar [1er ministre de l'Irlande], cité par The Independent, 2018-03",
          "text": "I visited the US-Canada border back in August. I saw a hard Border with physical infrastructure, with customs posts, people in uniforms with arms and dogs. That is definitely not a solution that we can entertain.",
          "translation": "(...) Ce n'est clairement pas une solution qui nous plait. Note : on peut aussi le traduire comme « cette solution ne nous amuse pas du tout », antiphrase du sens 1 « nous amuse ». Au vu du contexte politique au moment de cette déclaration, il est très probable que Leo Varadkar ait joué avec les différents sens du mot pour faire passer son message."
        }
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        "Envisager, concevoir."
      ],
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    {
      "translation": "artiste (performant",
      "word": "entertainer"
    }
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      "translation": "apprécier",
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      "translation": "désirer",
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      "translation": "aimer",
      "word": "like"
    },
    {
      "translation": "abriter",
      "word": "shelter"
    }
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        }
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        {
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          "text": "House brand to entertain guests. Here are 3 essential tips to help you create these magnificent scones"
        }
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        "Recevoir des visiteurs."
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          "text": "I visited the US-Canada border back in August. I saw a hard Border with physical infrastructure, with customs posts, people in uniforms with arms and dogs. That is definitely not a solution that we can entertain.",
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        }
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