entêter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ ~ /ɑ̃.te.te/
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Verb
entêter
- (reflexive) to be obstinate about, to persist in [with à; or with dans]
- (reflexive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.- 1987, Michel Berger, “Babacar”, performed by France Gall:
- J'ai des images qui s'entêtent / J'ai des ondes de chaleur
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to go to someone's head
- Synonym: monter à la tête
- Ce vin m'entête. ― This wine goes to my head.
Conjugation
Conjugation of entêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | entêter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | entêtant /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | entêté /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
entêtes /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
entêtons /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɔ̃/ |
entêtez /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ |
entêtent /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
| imperfect | entêtais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ |
entêtais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ |
entêtait /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ |
entêtions /ɑ̃.tɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tjɔ̃/ |
entêtiez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.te.tje/ |
entêtaient /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | entêtai /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ |
entêtas /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta/ |
entêta /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta/ |
entêtâmes /ɑ̃.tɛ.tam/ or /ɑ̃.te.tam/ |
entêtâtes /ɑ̃.tɛ.tat/ or /ɑ̃.te.tat/ |
entêtèrent /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | entêterai /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁe/ |
entêteras /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁa/ |
entêtera /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁa/ |
entêterons /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɔ̃/ |
entêterez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁe/ |
entêteront /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | entêterais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ |
entêterais /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ |
entêterait /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ |
entêterions /ɑ̃.tɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entêteriez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.te.tə.ʁje/ |
entêteraient /ɑ̃.tɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.te.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
entêtes /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
entêtions /ɑ̃.tɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tjɔ̃/ |
entêtiez /ɑ̃.tɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.te.tje/ |
entêtent /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | entêtasse /ɑ̃.tɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.te.tas/ |
entêtasses /ɑ̃.tɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.te.tas/ |
entêtât /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta/ |
entêtassions /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
entêtassiez /ɑ̃.tɛ.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.te.ta.sje/ |
entêtassent /ɑ̃.tɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.te.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | entête /ɑ̃.tɛt/ |
— | entêtons /ɑ̃.tɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.te.tɔ̃/ |
entêtez /ɑ̃.tɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.te.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “entêter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.