entrebâiller
French, verb/ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/
entrebâiller is spelled E-N-T-R-E-B-Â-I-L-L-E-R (12 letters). Entrebâiller is a French verb meaning “to half-open; to leave ajar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entrouvrir légèrement”.
What does entrebâiller mean in English?
verb
- 1
to half-open; to leave ajar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entrouvrir légèrement.
verb: 1. Ouvrir un peu.
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 entrebâiller
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entrebâillant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entrebâillé participle past
- entrebâille first-person indicative present
- entrebâilles indicative present second-person
- entrebâillons first-person indicative plural
- entrebâillez indicative plural present
- entrebâillent indicative plural present
- entrebâillais first-person imperfect indicative
- entrebâillait imperfect indicative singular
- entrebâillions first-person imperfect indicative
- entrebâilliez imperfect indicative plural
- entrebâillaient imperfect indicative plural
- entrebâillai first-person historic indicative
- entrebâillas historic indicative past
- entrebâilla historic indicative past
- entrebâillâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrebâiller?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.ba.je/
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.bɑ.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.