attente

See also: attenté

French

Etymology

From Old French atente, inherited from Latin attendita. Equivalent to attendre + -te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɑ̃t/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

attente f (plural attentes)

1. wait (the time that one is waiting or the state of waiting)
2. expectation (act or state of expecting)
3. shoulder strap insignia (military) [1] [2] [3]

Derived terms

• contre toute attente
• file d'attente
• salle d'attente

Further reading

• “attente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• entêtât

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: at‧tèn‧te

Adjective

attente

1. feminine plural of attento

Anagrams

• nettate, tentate

Latin

Participle

attente

1. vocative masculine singular of attentus

Adverb

attentē (comparative attentius, superlative attentissimē)

1. attentively

Related terms

• attentus

References

• “attente”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attente”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “attente”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

attente

1. inflection of attentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative