entraver
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/
Etymology 1
Possibly from en- + tref, or borrowed from Old Occitan entravar, from trau, from Latin trabem.
Verb
entraver
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French enterver (“understand”) (influenced by the above word), inherited from Latin interrogāre (“to ask, question”). Doublet of interroger.
Verb
entraver
- (slang, dated) to understand
Conjugation
Conjugation of entraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | entraver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | entravant /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | entravé /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entraves /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entravons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɔ̃/ |
entravez /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ |
entravent /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
| imperfect | entravais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/ |
entravais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/ |
entravait /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/ |
entravions /ɑ̃.tʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
entraviez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vje/ |
entravaient /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | entravai /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ |
entravas /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/ |
entrava /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/ |
entravâmes /ɑ̃.tʁa.vam/ |
entravâtes /ɑ̃.tʁa.vat/ |
entravèrent /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | entraverai /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁe/ |
entraveras /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁa/ |
entravera /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁa/ |
entraverons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
entraverez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁe/ |
entraveront /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | entraverais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/ |
entraverais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/ |
entraverait /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/ |
entraverions /ɑ̃.tʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entraveriez /ɑ̃.tʁa.və.ʁje/ |
entraveraient /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entraves /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entravions /ɑ̃.tʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
entraviez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vje/ |
entravent /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
| imperfect2 | entravasse /ɑ̃.tʁa.vas/ |
entravasses /ɑ̃.tʁa.vas/ |
entravât /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/ |
entravassions /ɑ̃.tʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
entravassiez /ɑ̃.tʁa.va.sje/ |
entravassent /ɑ̃.tʁa.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
— | entravons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɔ̃/ |
entravez /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “entraver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.