# obtenir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obtinēre; adapted to inherited tenir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [up.təˈni]
* IPA: (Balearic) [op.təˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [op.teˈniɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

obtenir (first-person singular present obtinc, first-person singular preterite obtinguí, past participle obtingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to obtain, to get

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | obtenir | obtenir | obtenir | obtenir | obtenir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | obtenint | obtenint | obtenint | obtenint | obtenint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | obtingut | obtingut | obtinguda | obtinguda |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | obtinguts | obtinguts | obtingudes | obtingudes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | obtinc | obtens | obté | obtenim | obteniu | obtenen |
| indicative | imperfect | obtenia | obtenies | obtenia | obteníem | obteníeu | obtenien |
| indicative | future | obtindré | obtindràs | obtindrà | obtindrem | obtindreu | obtindran |
| indicative | preterite | obtinguí | obtingueres | obtingué | obtinguérem | obtinguéreu | obtingueren |
| indicative | conditional | obtindria | obtindries | obtindria | obtindríem | obtindríeu | obtindrien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | obtingui | obtinguis | obtingui | obtinguem | obtingueu | obtinguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | obtingués | obtinguessis | obtingués | obtinguéssim | obtinguéssiu | obtinguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | obtén, obtingues | obtingui | obtinguem | obteniu, obtingueu | obtinguin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no obtinguis | no obtingui | no obtinguem | no obtingueu | no obtinguin |

#### Related terms

* obtenció
* obtenidor
* obteniment

### Further reading

* “obtenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “obtenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “obtenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “obtenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French obtenir, borrowed from Latin obtinēre, with conjugation based on tenir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔp.tə.niʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

obtenir
* to get, to obtain

#### Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* broient, robinet

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French obtenir.

### Verb

obtenir
* to obtain

#### Descendants

* English: obtain
* French: obtenir

## Old French
### Etymology

First known attestation 1283, borrowed from Latin obtineō, obtinēre, with conjugation modeled on tenir.

### Verb

obtenir
* to obtain

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem obtien distinct from the unstressed stem obten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* English: obtain
* Middle French: obtenir
** French: obtenir

### References

* ↑ Etymology and history of “obtenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.