tentative

English

Etymology

French tentatif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tentativus (“trying, testing”), from tento, past participle tentatus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛntətɪv/
• Hyphenation: ten‧ta‧tive

Noun

tentative (plural tentatives)

1. A trial; an experiment.

Adjective

tentative (comparative more tentative, superlative most tentative)

1. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
2. Uncertain; subject to future change.

Derived terms

• tentativeness
• tentatively

Antonyms

• (subject to future change): conclusive, definitive, certain

Translations

of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental

• Armenian: փորձնական (hy) (pʻorjnakan), փորձարարական (hy) (pʻorjararakan)
• Czech: pokusný, zkušební (cs)
• Estonian: katseline, esialgne
• Finnish: alustava (fi), kokeellinen (fi)
• German: vorläufig (de), Versuchs- (de), experimentell, provisorisch (de), probierend (de), Probe- f, Probe- f, Vor- (de)
• Korean: 잠정적 (ko) (jamjeongjeok)
• Norwegian: forsøksvis, tentativ (no)
• Polish: prowizoryczny (pl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: experimental (pt)
• Russian: эксперимента́льный (ru) (eksperimentálʹnyj), про́бный (ru) (próbnyj), о́пытный (ru) (ópytnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: provizorni (sh), pokusni (sh), tentativni, probni (sh)
• Slovene: poskusen, provizoričen
• Spanish: tentativo (es), provisional (es), experimental, de tanteo (es)
• Swedish: preliminär (sv), försöks-
• Turkish: deneme (tr), deneme kabilinden, deneme niteliğinde, tecrübe (tr)

uncertain

• Czech: předběžný (cs), nejistý, provizorní (cs)
• Estonian: ebalev, kõhklev
• Finnish: alustava (fi), epävarma (fi), epäröivä (fi)
• French: provisoire (fr), tentatif (fr)
• German: vorläufig (de), provisorisch (de), unverbindlich (de), zögernd (de), zaghaft (de), vorsichtig (de), tastend (de), tentativ (de)
• Norwegian: foreløpig (no), tentativ (no)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: prowizoryczny (pl) m, niepewny (pl) m
• Portuguese: provisório (pt)
• Russian: предположи́тельный (ru) (predpoložítelʹnyj), предвари́тельный (ru) (predvarítelʹnyj), предполага́емый (ru) (predpolagájemyj), ориентиро́вочный (ru) (orijentiróvočnyj), вре́менный (ru) (vrémennyj), приме́рный (ru) (primérnyj), прики́дочный (ru) (prikídočnyj)
• Spanish: provisional (es), provisorio, preliminar (es), indeciso (es), tentativo (es) m
• Swedish: preliminär (sv)

External links

• “tentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tentative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• attentive

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tentātīva, from tentō (“to attempt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ta.tiv/

• Audio:

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Noun

tentative f (plural tentatives)

1. attempt, try, effort

   Synonym: essai

Related terms

• tenter

External links

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

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tentative

1. inflection of tentativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular