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entrevoir
entrevoir
French
Verb
entrevoir
- to make out, see vaguely; to glimpse
- to foresee, anticipate
- to catch sight of, see briefly
Conjugation
Verbs derived from voir form their future and conditional forms using the root verr- instead of the vr- or voir- of other verbs.
Conjugation of entrevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | entrevoir | avoir entrevu | |||||
| gerund | en entrevoyant | en ayant entrevu | |||||
| present participle | entrevoyant /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | entrevu /ɑ̃.tʁə.vy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | entrevois /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
entrevois /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
entrevoit /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
entrevoyons /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
entrevoyez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.je/ |
entrevoient /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
| imperfect | entrevoyais /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɛ/ |
entrevoyais /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɛ/ |
entrevoyait /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɛ/ |
entrevoyions /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
entrevoyiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaj.je/ |
entrevoyaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | entrevis /ɑ̃.tʁə.vi/ |
entrevis /ɑ̃.tʁə.vi/ |
entrevit /ɑ̃.tʁə.vi/ |
entrevîmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.vim/ |
entrevîtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.vit/ |
entrevirent /ɑ̃.tʁə.viʁ/ |
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| future | entreverrai /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁe/ |
entreverras /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁa/ |
entreverra /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁa/ |
entreverrons /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
entreverrez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁe/ |
entreverront /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | entreverrais /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
entreverrais /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
entreverrait /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
entreverrions /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entreverriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁje/ |
entreverraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | entrevoie /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
entrevoies /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
entrevoie /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
entrevoyions /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
entrevoyiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaj.je/ |
entrevoient /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
entrevisse /ɑ̃.tʁə.vis/ |
entrevisses /ɑ̃.tʁə.vis/ |
entrevît /ɑ̃.tʁə.vi/ |
entrevissions /ɑ̃.tʁə.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
entrevissiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vi.sje/ |
entrevissent /ɑ̃.tʁə.vis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | entrevois /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa/ |
— | entrevoyons /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
entrevoyez /ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa.je/ |
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Synonyms
- (catch sight of, glimpse): apercevoir