tente

See also: tenté

Basque

Noun

tente

1. upright, standing

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Esperanto

Adverb

tente

1. temptingly

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃t/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Etymology 1

From Old French tente, possibly from Vulgar Latin *tenta, from the feminine of tentus, perfect passive participle of tendō, or alternatively from *tenda, itself possibly a contraction of *tendita, feminine of a variant Vulgar Latin participle *tenditus (instead of tentus, perfect passive participle of Latin tendō). Compare Italian tenda, Portuguese tenda, Spanish tienda.

Noun

tente f (plural tentes)

1. tent

Etymology 2

Verb

tente

1. first-person singular present of tenter
2. third-person singular present of tenter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nette

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Latin

Participle

tente

1. vocative masculine singular of tentus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tente

1. simple past of tenne

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Old French

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tenta, from the feminine of tentus, perfect passive participle of tendō, or alternatively from *tenda, itself possibly a contraction of *tendita, feminine of a variant Vulgar Latin participle *tenditus (instead of tentus, perfect passive participle of Latin tendō).

Noun

tente f (oblique plural tentes, nominative singular tente, nominative plural tentes)

1. tent, temporary hut or other similar building

Usage notes

• There is no consensus what the difference between paveillon, tente and tref is in Old French. There may be no difference, or the difference may vary according to the author.

Descendants

• English: tent
• French: tente

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Portuguese

Verb

tente

1. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of tentar
2. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tentar
3. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of tentar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tentar
5. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tentar
6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of tentar

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Venetian

Adjective

tente

1. feminine plural of tento