Entendre parler

Essential French Expression


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Meaning	to hear about, to hear talk (of)
Literally	to hear spoken
Register	normal
Pronunciation		[a(n) ta(n) dreu par lay]
IPA		[ã tã drə paʀ le]

Usage notes: The French expression entendre parler is used to report something you heard about. It’s followed by the preposition de plus a noun …

Par exemple…

Tu as entendu parler d’un IPO ?		You heard talk of an IPO? You heard that there might be an IPO?
On n’entend plus parler d’Henriette.		We never hear about Henriette any more.

Or it can be used with the adverbial pronoun en replacing a noun or clause.

J’en ai vaguement entendu parler.		I heard a little something about that, I vaguely remember hearing about that.
Nous ne voulons pas en entendre parler !		We won’t hear of it! Not a chance!

Somewhat synonymous: entendre dire