intenter

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

intenter

  1. (law) to file, bring

Usage notes

Nowadays, used only in the following phrases:

  • intenter un procès ― to file a lawsuit
  • intenter une accusation contre/à quelqu’un ― to bring an accusation against/to someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of intenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple intenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple intentant
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle intenté
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present intente
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		intentes
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		intente
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		intentons
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		intentez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te/ 		intentent
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/
imperfect intentais
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ 		intentais
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ 		intentait
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ 		intentions
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		intentiez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ 		intentaient
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 intentai
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te/ 		intentas
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ 		intenta
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ 		intentâmes
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ 		intentâtes
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ 		intentèrent
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future intenterai
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ 		intenteras
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ 		intentera
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ 		intenterons
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		intenterez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ 		intenteront
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional intenterais
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		intenterais
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		intenterait
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		intenterions
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		intenteriez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		intenteraient
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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 intente
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		intentes
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		intente
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		intentions
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		intentiez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ 		intentent
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/
imperfect2 intentasse
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ 		intentasses
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ 		intentât
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ 		intentassions
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		intentassiez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		intentassent
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — intente
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃t/ 		— intentons
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		intentez
/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

intenter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of intentō
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