tendresse
French edit
Etymology edit
From tendre + -esse. Compare Occitan and Catalan tendresa, Italian tenerezza, Aromanian tinireatsã, Old Sicilian tinirizza, Romanian tinerețe, Spanish and Portuguese terneza.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tendresse f (plural tendresses)
- Tenderness, state of being tender.
Further reading edit
- “tendresse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.