entendre

verb

Syllable Decomposition

entendre

from the classical Latin intendere ("to hear, to tend towards", figuratively "to tend, to direct (one's gaze, one's mind, one's attention, etc.) towards") in medieval Latin, it takes on the meaning of "to pay attention to, to understand, to want, to decide; to listen, to hear".

Definitions

administration
droit
religion
religion

Conjugation

→ Conjugation of "entendre"

Synonyms

Translations

  • germangerman:verstehen
  • englishenglish:hear
  • spanishspanish:entenderse
  • greekgreek:ακούω
  • italianitalian:ascoltare
  • dutchdutch:horen
  • polishpolish:słyszeć
  • portugueseportuguese:ouvir
  • russianrussian:слышать
  • swedishswedish:höra

See also

inaudible (adj.) réentendre (v.) inentendu (adj.) entendue (adj.) entendue (v.) entendant (v.) entendable (adj.) entendîtes (v.) entendisses (v.) entendissions (v.) entendissiez (v.) audible (adj.) entendement (cn.) entendeur (cn.) entendu (adj.) entendu (int.) entendu (v.) entente (cn.) audibilité (cn.) ré-entendre (v.)