entortiller
French
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *intortiliāre, from Latin tortilis (“twisted, coiled”). See also Old French entort as the past participle of entordre. Compare Catalan entortellar, Spanish entortijar, Italian intortigliare, Friulian intorteâ, cf. also Romanian întortochea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/
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Verb
entortiller
- (transitive) to wrap around, to twist around, to envelop
- (figuratively) to win over, to persuade especially with tricks
- (figuratively) to muddle up (one's explanation)
- (pronominal) to get tangled up, to get entangled
Conjugation
Conjugation of entortiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | entortiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | entortillant /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | entortillé /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortilles /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortillons /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/ |
entortillez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
entortillent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
| imperfect | entortillais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
entortillais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
entortillait /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ |
entortillions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.jɔ̃/ |
entortilliez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.je/ |
entortillaient /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | entortillai /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
entortillas /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja/ |
entortilla /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja/ |
entortillâmes /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jam/ |
entortillâtes /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jat/ |
entortillèrent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | entortillerai /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁe/ |
entortilleras /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁa/ |
entortillera /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁa/ |
entortillerons /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
entortillerez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁe/ |
entortilleront /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | entortillerais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
entortillerais /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
entortillerait /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ |
entortillerions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entortilleriez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jə.ʁje/ |
entortilleraient /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortilles /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
entortillions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.jɔ̃/ |
entortilliez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij.je/ |
entortillent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
| imperfect2 | entortillasse /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jas/ |
entortillasses /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jas/ |
entortillât /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja/ |
entortillassions /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
entortillassiez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.ja.sje/ |
entortillassent /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | entortille /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.tij/ |
— | entortillons /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/ |
entortillez /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms
Further reading
- “entortiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.