sous-entendre
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb
- (transitive) to imply
Conjugation
Conjugation of sous-entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sous-entendre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sous-entendant /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sous-entendu /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sous-entends /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
sous-entends /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
sous-entend /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
sous-entendons /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
sous-entendez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ |
sous-entendent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | sous-entendais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
sous-entendais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
sous-entendait /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
sous-entendions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
sous-entendiez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ |
sous-entendaient /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sous-entendis /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
sous-entendis /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
sous-entendit /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
sous-entendîmes /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dim/ |
sous-entendîtes /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dit/ |
sous-entendirent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | sous-entendrai /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
sous-entendras /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
sous-entendra /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
sous-entendrons /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
sous-entendrez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
sous-entendront /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sous-entendrais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
sous-entendrais /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
sous-entendrait /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
sous-entendrions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sous-entendriez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
sous-entendraient /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | sous-entende /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
sous-entendes /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
sous-entende /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
sous-entendions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
sous-entendiez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dje/ |
sous-entendent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | sous-entendisse /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ |
sous-entendisses /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ |
sous-entendît /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di/ |
sous-entendissions /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
sous-entendissiez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
sous-entendissent /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sous-entends /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
— | sous-entendons /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
sous-entendez /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
See also
Further reading
- “sous-entendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.