tenter
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
via Old French, maybe from Latin tentorium.
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
tenter (plural tenters)
[edit] Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to tenter (third-person singular simple present tenters, present participle tentering, simple past and past participle tentered)
- To stretch cloth on such a framework
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
tenter
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of tenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tenter | avoir tenté | |||||
| gerund | en tentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tentant | ||||||
| past participle | tenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tente | tentes | tente | tentons | tentez | tentent |
| imperfect | tentais | tentais | tentait | tentions | tentiez | tentaient | |
| past historic | tentai | tentas | tenta | tentâmes | tentâtes | tentèrent | |
| future | tenterai | tenteras | tentera | tenterons | tenterez | tenteront | |
| conditional | tenterais | tenterais | tenterait | tenterions | tenteriez | tenteraient | |
| 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 past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tente | tentes | tente | tentions | tentiez | tentent |
| imperfect | tentasse | tentasses | tentât | tentassions | tentassiez | tentassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tente | — | tentons | tentez | — | ||
