entremetre
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ən.tɾəˈmɛ.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ən.tɾəˈmə.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [en.tɾeˈme.tɾe]
Verb
entremetre (first-person singular present entremeto, first-person singular preterite entremetí, past participle entremès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (pronominal) to interfere, to meddle (en in)
- La Generalitat s'ha entremès en les relacions laborals entre empresa i empleades.
- The Generalitat meddled in labour relations between business and employees.
Derived terms
- entremetedor
- entremetiment
Further reading
- “entremetre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “entremetre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “entremetre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Alternative forms
- antremetre
- entremettre
- intremetre
Etymology
Verb
entremetre
- to put between two or more things; to interpose
- (reflexive, se entremetre) to occupy oneself with; to engage with
- c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 160, lines 1892–3:
- Kariado esluingnerai,
e d'Isolt vus entremetrez- I will lead Cariado away from here,
and you will occupy yourself with Isolde
- I will lead Cariado away from here,
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of entremetre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | entremetre | avoir entremis | |||||
| gerund | en entremetant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | entremetant | ||||||
| past participle | entremis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | entremet | entremez | entremet | entremetons | entremetez | entremetent |
| imperfect | entremetoie, entremeteie | entremetoies, entremeteies | entremetoit, entremeteit | entremetiiens, entremetiens | entremetiiez, entremetiez | entremetoient, entremeteient | |
| preterite | entremis | entremeṣis | entremist | entremeṣimes | entremeṣistes | entremisdrent | |
| future | entremetrai | entremetras | entremetra | entremetrons | entremetroiz, entremetreiz, entremetrez | entremetront | |
| conditional | entremetroie, entremetreie | entremetroies, entremetreies | entremetroit, entremetreit | entremetriiens, entremetriens | entremetriiez, entremetriez | entremetroient, entremetreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | entremete | entremetes | entremete | entremetons | entremetez | entremetent |
| imperfect | entremeṣisse | entremeṣisses | entremeṣist | entremeṣissons, entremeṣissiens | entremeṣissoiz, entremeṣissez, entremeṣissiez | entremeṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | entremet | — | entremetons | entremetez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (entremetre)