entrer

Inherited from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁe/

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• Homophones: entrai, entré, entrée, entrées, entrés, entrez

entrer

1. (intransitive) to enter

   Antonym: sortir

   Entrer dans la salle.

   Enter the room.

• This verb uses the auxiliary verb être to form compound tenses if used intransitively.

• “entrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• errent, renter, rentre, rentré

From Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre.

entrer

1. (intransitive) to enter
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 71:

     Lancelot qui fut entré en la forest chevaucha tout le iour sans boire & sans menger

     Lancelot, who entered in to the forest, rode the entire day without drinking or eating

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: entrer
  • → Danish: entrere

From Old French entrer (“to enter”), from Latin intrō, intrāre.

entrer (gerund entréthie)

1. (Jersey) to enter
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], pages 531-32:

     Mars qui entre coume ùn agné sortira coume ùn touaré.

     March that enters like a lamb will leave like a bull.

• sorti (“to leave”)

entrer

1. present of entre

• antrer
• intrer (10th century)

From Latin intrāre.

entrer

1. (intransitive) to enter

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: entrer
  • French: entrer
    • → Danish: entrere
• Norman: entrer
• → Middle English: entren
  • English: enter
  • Scots: enter