# maintenir

- **Language:** French
- **Level:** B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /mɛ̃t.niʁ/
- **English:** maintain
- **Persian:** حفظ کردن، نگهداری کردن
- **Definition:** To keep something in good condition or at the same level.

## Example

> Il est important de maintenir un poids sain.
> It is important to maintain a healthy weight.
> حفظ وزن سالم مهم است.

## Word forms

- noun: maintien

## Common phrases

- entretenir une voiture
- maintenir le contact
- maintenir les normes

## Related words

- [se heurter à](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/se-heurter-a): encounter (B2)
- [obtenir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/obtenir): obtain (B2)
- [éviter](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/eviter): avoid (B1)
- [continuer](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/continuer): continue (B1)
- [commencer](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/commencer): start (A2)
- [finir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/finir): finish (A2)
- [contourner](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/contourner): circumvent (C2)
- [sommaire](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/sommaire): perfunctory (C2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/maintenir