tendre
See also: tendré
Contents
EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)
- Obsolete form of tender.
VerbEdit
tendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)
- Obsolete form of tender.
NounEdit
tendre (plural tendres)
- (archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 15:
- 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.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 15:
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Occitan, from Latin tener, tenerum.
AdjectiveEdit
tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Occitan, from Latin teneō, tenere.
VerbEdit
tendre
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.
AdjectiveEdit
tendre (plural tendres)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French tendre, from Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
VerbEdit
tendre
- (transitive) to tighten
- (transitive) to stretch out
- (intransitive, ~ vers) to tend (to infinity)
- (intransitive, ~ vers) to strive (for)
- (reflexive) to become taut
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of tendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tendre | avoir tendu | |||||
| gerund | en tendant | en ayant tendu | |||||
| present participle | tendant /tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | tendu /tɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tende /tɑ̃d/ |
tendes /tɑ̃d/ |
tende /tɑ̃d/ |
tendions /tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
tendiez /tɑ̃.dje/ |
tendent /tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 | tendisse /tɑ̃.dis/ |
tendisses /tɑ̃.dis/ |
tendît /tɑ̃.di/ |
tendissions /tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
tendissiez /tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
tendissent /tɑ̃.dis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tends /tɑ̃/ |
— | tendons /tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
tendez /tɑ̃.de/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French tendre.
AdjectiveEdit
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.
DescendantsEdit
NormanEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
VerbEdit
tendre
- (transitive) to stretch
ConjugationEdit
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.
Conjugation of tendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | ||
DescendantsEdit
- French: tendre