sous-entendre

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French

Etymology

From sous- +‎ entendre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.zɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

sous-entendre

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

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