tendre
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)
- Obsolete form of tender.
Verb[edit]
tendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)
- Obsolete form of tender.
Noun[edit]
tendre (plural tendres)
- (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.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 15:
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Occitan (compare Occitan tèndre), from Latin tenerum, accusative of tener (compare French tendre, Spanish tierno), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Adjective[edit]
tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Occitan, from Latin teneō, tenere.
Verb[edit]
tendre
Further reading[edit]
- “tendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tendre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “tendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, accusative of tener, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Adjective[edit]
tendre (plural tendres)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French tendre, from Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
Verb[edit]
tendre
- (transitive) to tighten
- (transitive) to stretch out
- (intransitive, ~ vers) to tend (to infinity)
- (intransitive, ~ vers) to strive (for)
- (reflexive) to become taut
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | simple | tendre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tendant /tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tendu /tɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | tende /tɑ̃d/ |
tendes /tɑ̃d/ |
tende /tɑ̃d/ |
tendions /tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
tendiez /tɑ̃.dje/ |
tendent /tɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | tendisse /tɑ̃.dis/ |
tendisses /tɑ̃.dis/ |
tendît /tɑ̃.di/ |
tendissions /tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
tendissiez /tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
tendissent /tɑ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tends /tɑ̃/ |
— | tendons /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
tendez /tɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tendre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old French tendre.
Adjective[edit]
tendre
- tender (soft, delicate)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 6-7.
- The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
- Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 6-7.
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English tynder.
Noun[edit]
tendre
- Alternative form of tinder
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.
Adjective[edit]
tendre m or f
Old French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin tenerum, accusative of tener.
Adjective[edit]
tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
Verb[edit]
tendre
- (transitive) to stretch
Conjugation[edit]
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 | — |
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