tendresse

French

Etymology

From tendre +‎ -esse. Compare Occitan and Catalan tendresa, Italian tenerezza, Aromanian tinireatsã, Old Sicilian tinirizza, Romanian tinerețe, Spanish and Portuguese terneza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.dʁɛs/

• Audio:

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Noun

tendresse f (plural tendresses)

1. tenderness, state of being tender

Further reading

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