tendre
English
editAdjective
edittendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)
Verb
edittendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)
Noun
edittendre (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:
- 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.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited 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
editAdjective
edittendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Latin tenēre, with a change in verb class.
Verb
edittendre
References
edit- “tendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Adjective
edittendre (plural tendres)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere.
Verb
edittendre
- (transitive) to tighten
- (transitive) to stretch out
- (intransitive) to tend [with vers ‘towards’]
- tendre vers l’infini ― to tend to infinity
- (intransitive) to strive [with vers ‘for’]
- (reflexive) to become taut
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Old French tendre.
Adjective
edittendre
- 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,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 6-7.
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old English tynder.
Noun
edittendre
- Alternative form of tinder
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.
Adjective
edittendre m or f
Old French
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin tenerum, accusative of tener.
Adjective
edittendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2
editVerb
edittendre
- (transitive) to stretch
Conjugation
editThis 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 | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | tent | — | tendons | tendez | — |
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