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
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