tendre
English
Adjective
tendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)
- Obsolete form of tender.
Verb
tendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)
- Obsolete form of tender.
Noun
tendre (plural tendres)
- (archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 15, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:
- 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.
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Anagrams
- enter'd, entred, rented, tender
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Catalan tendre, from older tenre (with epenthesis), from Latin tener (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Compare Occitan tèndre, French tendre, Spanish tierno.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dɾe/
Adjective
tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)
- soft, tender
- charming
Derived terms
- entendrir
- tendrement
Related terms
- tendresa
Etymology 2
From Latin tenēre, with a change in verb class.
Verb
tendre
- (Alghero) Alternative form of tenir
References
- “tendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃dʁ/
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Etymology 1
From Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, accusative of tener, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Adjective
tendre (plural tendres)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Related terms
- tendresse
Etymology 2
From Old French tendre, from Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
Verb
tendre
- (transitive) to tighten
- (transitive) to stretch out
- (intransitive, ~ vers) to tend (to infinity)
- (intransitive, ~ vers) to strive (for)
- (reflexive) to become taut
Conjugation
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, on | 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 usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- hypertendre
- supertendre
- tendre la perche
- tendre l'autre joue
- tendre les bras
- tendre l'oreille
- tendre une perche
- tendu
- ultratendre
Related terms
- tente
- tension
- toise
Further reading
- “tendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- redent
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French tendre.
Adjective
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
- Scots: tender
- English: tender
Etymology 2
From Old English tynder.
Noun
tendre
- Alternative form of tinder
Norman
Etymology
From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.
Adjective
tendre m or f
- (Jersey) tender
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin tenerum, accusative of tener.
Adjective
tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2
From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
Verb
tendre
- (transitive) to stretch
Conjugation
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 | — |
Descendants
- French: tendre
- Norman: tendre