entendre
French, verb/ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
entendre is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-R-E (8 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written French, the 871st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entendre is a French verb meaning “to hear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Percevoir un son”.
What does entendre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hear
- 2
to be able to hear
- 3
to listen to
- 4
to mean
Qu'entendez-vous par là ?
- 5
to agree with each other
- 6
to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
Je m'entends bien avec elle.
- 7
to be good or competent at something
s'y entendre en […]
- 8
rareto desire; to wish; to intend
comme je l’entends
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percevoir un son. 2. Percevoir un son qui n’existe pas. 3. Écouter d’une oreille attentive. 4. Comprendre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entendre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entendant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entendu participle past
- entends first-person indicative present
- entend indicative present singular
- entendons first-person indicative plural
- entendez indicative plural present
- entendent indicative plural present
- entendais first-person imperfect indicative
- entendait imperfect indicative singular
- entendions first-person imperfect indicative
- entendiez imperfect indicative plural
- entendaient imperfect indicative plural
- entendis first-person historic indicative
- entendit historic indicative past
- entendîmes first-person historic indicative
- entendîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entendre?
- /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
- \ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ\
- [ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entendre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entendre in French?
entendre appears 95 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).