entendre
French
verb
Definitions
- to hear
- (intransitive) to be able to hear
- (literary) to listen to
- (formal) to mean
- (reflexive) to agree with each other.
- (reflexive) to have good relations with; to get on; to get along.
- (pronominal) to be good or competent at something.
- (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
- (dated) to demand
- (dated) to know
- (archaic) to understand
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French entendre inherited from Old French entendre inherited from Latin intendere (strain).
Origin
Latin
intendere
Gloss
strain
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intendere Latin
- intendere, intendo Latin
- intensivus Latin
- intendere Italian
- entendement French
- entendeur French
- réentendre French
- sous-entendre French
- entender Spanish, Castilian
- intenden Middle English
- entendre Old French
- entendre Catalan, Valencian
- întinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- entendre Middle French
- entender Old Portuguese
- entendre Occitan
- entender Asturian
- intindi Friulian
- tande Haitian, Haitian Creole
- tande Mauritian Creole
- tendé Louisiana Creole French