entraver

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/

Etymology 1

Possibly from en- + tref, or borrowed from Old Occitan entravar, from trau, from Latin trabem.

Verb

entraver

1. to hinder; to impede

   Synonym: empêcher

2. to fetter; to shackle

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French enterver (“understand”) (influenced by the above word), inherited from Latin interrogāre (“to ask, question”). Doublet of interroger.

Verb

entraver

1. (slang, dated) to understand

Conjugation

Conjugation of entraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entraver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entravant /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entravé /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/	entraves /ɑ̃.tʁav/	entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/	entravons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɔ̃/	entravez /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/	entravent /ɑ̃.tʁav/
	imperfect	entravais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/	entravais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/	entravait /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/	entravions /ɑ̃.tʁa.vjɔ̃/	entraviez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vje/	entravaient /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛ/
	past historic2	entravai /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/	entravas /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/	entrava /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/	entravâmes /ɑ̃.tʁa.vam/	entravâtes /ɑ̃.tʁa.vat/	entravèrent /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɛʁ/
	future	entraverai /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁe/	entraveras /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁa/	entravera /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁa/	entraverons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɔ̃/	entraverez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁe/	entraveront /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entraverais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/	entraverais /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/	entraverait /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/	entraverions /ɑ̃.tʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/	entraveriez /ɑ̃.tʁa.və.ʁje/	entraveraient /ɑ̃.tʁa.vʁɛ/
(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	entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/	entraves /ɑ̃.tʁav/	entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/	entravions /ɑ̃.tʁa.vjɔ̃/	entraviez /ɑ̃.tʁa.vje/	entravent /ɑ̃.tʁav/
	imperfect2	entravasse /ɑ̃.tʁa.vas/	entravasses /ɑ̃.tʁa.vas/	entravât /ɑ̃.tʁa.va/	entravassions /ɑ̃.tʁa.va.sjɔ̃/	entravassiez /ɑ̃.tʁa.va.sje/	entravassent /ɑ̃.tʁa.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entrave /ɑ̃.tʁav/	—	entravons /ɑ̃.tʁa.vɔ̃/	entravez /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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