entrouvrir

French

Alternative forms

• entr’ouvrir (dated)

Etymology

From entre- +‎ ouvrir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁiʁ/

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Verb

entrouvrir

1. (transitive, pronominal) to half-open; to leave ajar

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle entrouvert is irregular.

Conjugation of entrouvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entrouvrir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entrouvrant /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entrouvert /ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entrouvre /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	entrouvres /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	entrouvre /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	entrouvrons /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɔ̃/	entrouvrez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁe/	entrouvrent /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/
	imperfect	entrouvrais /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɛ/	entrouvrais /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɛ/	entrouvrait /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɛ/	entrouvrions /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.jɔ̃/	entrouvriez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.je/	entrouvraient /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɛ/
	past historic2	entrouvris /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi/	entrouvris /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi/	entrouvrit /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi/	entrouvrîmes /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁim/	entrouvrîtes /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁit/	entrouvrirent /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁiʁ/
	future	entrouvrirai /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁe/	entrouvriras /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁa/	entrouvrira /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁa/	entrouvrirons /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/	entrouvrirez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁe/	entrouvriront /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entrouvrirais /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/	entrouvrirais /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/	entrouvrirait /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/	entrouvririons /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	entrouvririez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁje/	entrouvriraient /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/
(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	entrouvre /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	entrouvres /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	entrouvre /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	entrouvrions /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.jɔ̃/	entrouvriez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.je/	entrouvrent /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/
	imperfect2	entrouvrisse /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁis/	entrouvrisses /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁis/	entrouvrît /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi/	entrouvrissions /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.sjɔ̃/	entrouvrissiez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁi.sje/	entrouvrissent /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entrouvre /ɑ̃.tʁuvʁ/	—	entrouvrons /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁɔ̃/	entrouvrez /ɑ̃.tʁu.vʁe/	—
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

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