tendre

See also: tendré

English

Adjective

tendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)

  1. Obsolete form of tender.

Verb

tendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)

  1. Obsolete form of tender.

Noun

tendre (plural tendres)

  1. (archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
    • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 15:
      You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre […]
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
      So the athletic Magnolia instantly impounded the little lieutenant, and began to rally him, in the sort of slang she delighted in, with plenty of merriment and malice upon his tendre for Miss Chattesworth, and made the gallant young gentleman blush and occasionally smile, and bow a great deal, and take some snuff.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)

  1. soft
  2. charming

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan, from Latin teneō, tenere.

Verb

tendre

  1. (Alghero) Alternative form of tenir

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃dʁ/
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Etymology 1

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre (plural tendres)

  1. tender (soft, delicate)

Etymology 2

From Old French tendre, from Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.

Verb

tendre

  1. (transitive) to tighten
  2. (transitive) to stretch out
  3. (intransitive, ~ vers) to tend (to infinity)
  4. (intransitive, ~ vers) to strive (for)
  5. (reflexive) to become taut
Conjugation

Derived terms

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Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tendre.

Adjective

tendre

  1. tender (soft, delicate)

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre m, f

  1. (Jersey) tender

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin tener.

Adjective

tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)

  1. tender (soft, delicate)

Etymology 2

From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.

Verb

tendre

  1. (transitive) to stretch
Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tendre avoir tendu
gerund en tendant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tendant
past participle tendu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tent tenz tent tendons tendez tendent
imperfect tendoie, tendeie tendoies, tendeies tendoit, tendeit tendiiens, tendiens tendiiez, tendiez tendoient, tendeient
preterite tendi tendis tendié tendimes tendistes tendierent
future tendrai tendras tendra tendrons tendroiz, tendreiz, tendrez tendront
conditional tendroie, tendreie tendroies, tendreies tendroit, tendreit tendriiens, tendriens tendriiez, tendriez tendroient, tendreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present tende tendes tende tendons tendez tendent
imperfect tendisse tendisses tendist tendissons, tendissiens tendissoiz, tendissez, tendissiez tendissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— tent — tendons tendez —

Descendants

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