entendre

Meaning

1. to hear
2. to be able to hear
3. to listen to
4. to mean
5. to agree with each other
6. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
7. to be good or competent at something
8. to desire; to wish; to intend
9. to demand
10. to know
11. to understand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere (“to turn one’s attention, to strain”). Cognate with Spanish entender, English intend.

Sentences

Je crus entendre un éclat de rire dissimulé .

I thought I heard a hidden burst of laughter.