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entraver
entraver
French
Verb
entraver
Etymology 2
From Old French enterver (“understand”) (influenced by the above word), inherited from Latin interrogāre, present active infinitive of interrogō. Doublet of interroger.
Verb
entraver
- (slang, dated) to understand
Conjugation
Conjugation of entraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | entraver | avoir entravé | |||||
| gerund | en entravant | en ayant entravé | |||||
| present participle | entravant /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | entravé /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | entravai /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ |
entravas /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/ |
entrava /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/ |
entravâmes /ɑ̃.tʁa.vam/ |
entravâtes /ɑ̃.tʁa.vat/ |
entravèrent /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entraves /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
entravions /ɑ̃.tʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
entraviez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vje/ |
entravent /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/ |
— | entravons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɔ̃/ |
entravez /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/ |
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