entretemps
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ̃/
entretemps is spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-E-M-P-S (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entretemps is a French masculine noun meaning “interim, break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intervalle de temps”.
What does entretemps mean in English?
adverb
- 1
meanwhile, in the meantime
- 2
ever since, since then (since the period mentioned till now)
noun
- 1
masculineinterim, break
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Dans cet intervalle de temps.
noun: 1. Intervalle de temps.
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 entretemps
- entre-temps alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entretemps?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entretemps
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entretemps in French?
entretemps appears 1.0 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).