Borrowed from Latin obtinēre; adapted to inherited tenir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.təˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [op.təˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [op.teˈniɾ]

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

1. to obtain, to get

• obtenció
• obtenidor
• obteniment

• “obtenir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “obtenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.tə.niʁ/

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obtenir

1. to get, to obtain

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 past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start with one of these thematic vowels: -a-, -i-, -u-.

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

• broient, robinet

From Old French obtenir.

obtenir

1. to obtain

• English: obtain
• French: obtenir

First known attestation 1283,^[1] borrowed from Latin obtineō, obtinēre, with conjugation modeled on tenir.

obtenir

1. to obtain

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.

• English: obtain
• Middle French: obtenir
  • French: obtenir