entrelacer

French

Etymology

From entre- +‎ lacer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se/

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Verb

entrelacer

1. to interlock; to interweave

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of entrelacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entrelacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entrelaçant /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entrelacé /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entrelace /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	entrelaces /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	entrelace /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	entrelaçons /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɔ̃/	entrelacez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se/	entrelacent /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/
	imperfect	entrelaçais /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɛ/	entrelaçais /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɛ/	entrelaçait /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɛ/	entrelacions /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sjɔ̃/	entrelaciez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sje/	entrelaçaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɛ/
	past historic2	entrelaçai /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se/	entrelaças /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sa/	entrelaça /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sa/	entrelaçâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sam/	entrelaçâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sat/	entrelacèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɛʁ/
	future	entrelacerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁe/	entrelaceras /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁa/	entrelacera /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁa/	entrelacerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁɔ̃/	entrelacerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁe/	entrelaceront /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entrelacerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁɛ/	entrelacerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁɛ/	entrelacerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁɛ/	entrelacerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	entrelaceriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sə.ʁje/	entrelaceraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sʁɛ/
(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	entrelace /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	entrelaces /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	entrelace /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	entrelacions /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sjɔ̃/	entrelaciez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sje/	entrelacent /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/
	imperfect2	entrelaçasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sas/	entrelaçasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sas/	entrelaçât /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sa/	entrelaçassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sa.sjɔ̃/	entrelaçassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sa.sje/	entrelaçassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entrelace /ɑ̃.tʁə.las/	—	entrelaçons /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.sɔ̃/	entrelacez /ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se/	—
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

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