entrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.tʁe/
entrer is spelled E-N-T-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written French, the 1,419th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrer is a French verb meaning “to enter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aller de dehors vers dedans”.
What does entrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enter
Entrer dans la salle.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aller de dehors vers dedans. 2. Passer par une ouverture. 3. Se mettre ; se placer ; s’engager dans quelque autre chose. 4. Commencer d’intervenir à un moment donné.
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 entrer
- être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entrant gerund participle present
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entré participle past
- entre first-person indicative present
- entres indicative present second-person
- entrons first-person indicative plural
- entrez indicative plural present
- entrent indicative plural present
- entrais first-person imperfect indicative
- entrait imperfect indicative singular
- entrions first-person imperfect indicative
- entriez imperfect indicative plural
- entraient imperfect indicative plural
- entrai first-person historic indicative
- entras historic indicative past
- entra historic indicative past
- entrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrer?
- /ɑ̃.tʁe/
- \ɑ̃.tʁe\
- [ɑ̃.tʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entrer in French?
entrer appears 59 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).