entremettre
French, verb/ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ/
entremettre is spelled E-N-T-R-E-M-E-T-T-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entremettre is a French verb meaning “to mediate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’employer pour la réussite d’une chose qui intéresse une autre personne ou plusieurs autres”.
What does entremettre mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto mediate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S’employer pour la réussite d’une chose qui intéresse une autre personne ou plusieurs autres. 2. Se mêler d’une affaire, agir dans une affaire, et entrer pour cela en négociation avec ceux qu’elle regarde principalement. 3. Arbitrer.
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 entremettre
- s'entremettre infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'entremettant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entremis participle past
- m'entremets first-person indicative present
- t'entremets indicative present second-person
- s'entremet indicative present singular
- nous entremettons first-person indicative plural
- vous entremettez indicative plural present
- s'entremettent indicative plural present
- m'entremettais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'entremettais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'entremettait imperfect indicative singular
- nous entremettions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous entremettiez imperfect indicative plural
- s'entremettaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entremettre?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entremettre in French?
entremettre appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).