tendresse
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tendre + -esse. Compare Occitan and Catalan tendresa, Italian tenerezza, Aromanian tinireatsã, Old Sicilian tinirizza, Romanian tinerețe, Spanish and Portuguese terneza.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tendresse f (plural tendresses)
- Tenderness, state of being tender.
Further reading
[edit]- “tendresse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.