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. Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
   • Thackeray

     You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre.

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Provençal, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre m (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)

1. soft
2. charming

Etymology 2

From Old Provençal, from Latin teneō, tenere.

Verb

tendre

1. (Alghero) Alternative form of tenir

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃dʁ/

Etymology 1

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre m, f (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

  Conjugation of tendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tendre			avoir tendu
gerund		en tendant			en ayant tendu
present participle		tendant /tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
past participle		tendu /tɑ̃.dy/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tends /tɑ̃/	tends /tɑ̃/	tend /tɑ̃/	tendons /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	tendez /tɑ̃.de/	tendent /tɑ̃d/
	imperfect	tendais /tɑ̃.dɛ/	tendais /tɑ̃.dɛ/	tendait /tɑ̃.dɛ/	tendions /tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	tendiez /tɑ̃.dje/	tendaient /tɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic1	tendis /tɑ̃.di/	tendis /tɑ̃.di/	tendit /tɑ̃.di/	tendîmes /tɑ̃.dim/	tendîtes /tɑ̃.dit/	tendirent /tɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	tendrai /tɑ̃.dʁe/	tendras /tɑ̃.dʁa/	tendra /tɑ̃.dʁa/	tendrons /tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	tendrez /tɑ̃.dʁe/	tendront /tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tendrais /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	tendrais /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	tendrait /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	tendrions /tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	tendriez /tɑ̃.dʁi.je/	tendraient /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/
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 anterior1	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	tende /tɑ̃d/	tendes /tɑ̃d/	tende /tɑ̃d/	tendions /tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	tendiez /tɑ̃.dje/	tendent /tɑ̃d/
	imperfect1	tendisse /tɑ̃.dis/	tendisses /tɑ̃.dis/	tendît /tɑ̃.di/	tendissions /tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	tendissiez /tɑ̃.di.sje/	tendissent /tɑ̃.dis/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tends /tɑ̃/	—	tendons /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	tendez /tɑ̃.de/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• tente
• tension

Anagrams

• redent

Further reading

• “tendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French tendre.

Adjective

tendre

1. tender (soft, delicate)

Descendants

• English: tender

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre m, f

1. (Jersey) tender

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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

• French: tendre