tendre
English edit
Adjective edit
tendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)
Verb edit
tendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)
Noun edit
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:
- 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 edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited 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 edit
Adjective edit
tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin tenēre, with a change in verb class.
Verb edit
tendre
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Adjective edit
tendre (plural tendres)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere.
Verb edit
tendre
- (transitive) to tighten
- (transitive) to stretch out
- (transitive with vers) to tend towards
- tendre vers l’infini ― to tend to infinity
- (transitive with vers) to strive for
- (reflexive) to become taut
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French tendre.
Adjective edit
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,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 6-7.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English tynder.
Noun edit
tendre
- Alternative form of tinder
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.
Adjective edit
tendre m or f
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin tenerum, accusative of tener.
Adjective edit
tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
Verb edit
tendre
- (transitive) to stretch
Conjugation edit
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 | 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 | — |