entremetre

Catalan

Etymology

From entre- +‎ metre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ən.tɾəˈmɛ.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ən.tɾəˈmə.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.tɾeˈme.tɾe]

Verb

entremetre (first-person singular present entremeto, first-person singular preterite entremetí, past participle entremès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (pronominal) to interfere, to meddle (en in)

   La Generalitat s'ha entremès en les relacions laborals entre empresa i empleades.

   The Generalitat meddled in labour relations between business and employees.

Derived terms

• entremetedor
• entremetiment

Further reading

• “entremetre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “entremetre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “entremetre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• antremetre
• entremettre
• intremetre

Etymology

entre- +‎ metre

Verb

entremetre

1. to put between two or more things; to interpose
2. (reflexive, se entremetre) to occupy oneself with; to engage with
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 160, lines 1892–3:

     Kariado esluingnerai,
     e d'Isolt vus entremetrez

     I will lead Cariado away from here,
     and you will occupy yourself with Isolde

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of entremetre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		entremetre			avoir entremis
gerund		en entremetant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		entremetant
past participle		entremis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	entremet	entremez	entremet	entremetons	entremetez	entremetent
	imperfect	entremetoie, entremeteie	entremetoies, entremeteies	entremetoit, entremeteit	entremetiiens, entremetiens	entremetiiez, entremetiez	entremetoient, entremeteient
	preterite	entremis	entremeṣis	entremist	entremeṣimes	entremeṣistes	entremisdrent
	future	entremetrai	entremetras	entremetra	entremetrons	entremetroiz, entremetreiz, entremetrez	entremetront
	conditional	entremetroie, entremetreie	entremetroies, entremetreies	entremetroit, entremetreit	entremetriiens, entremetriens	entremetriiez, entremetriez	entremetroient, entremetreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	entremete	entremetes	entremete	entremetons	entremetez	entremetent
	imperfect	entremeṣisse	entremeṣisses	entremeṣist	entremeṣissons, entremeṣissiens	entremeṣissoiz, entremeṣissez, entremeṣissiez	entremeṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	entremet	—	entremetons	entremetez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (entremetre)