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tendre
tendre
See also: tendré
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)
- Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
- Thackeray
- You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre.
- Thackeray
Catalan
Etymology
Adjective
tendre m (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)
Verb
tendre
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃dʁ/
Etymology 1
Adjective
tendre m, f (plural tendres)
- tender (soft, delicate)
Etymology 2
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
Conjugation of tendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tendre | avoir tendu | |||||
| gerund | en tendant | en ayant tendu | |||||
| present participle | tendant /tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tendu /tɑ̃.dy/ |
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| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | tendis /tɑ̃.di/ |
tendis /tɑ̃.di/ |
tendit /tɑ̃.di/ |
tendîmes /tɑ̃.dim/ |
tendîtes /tɑ̃.dit/ |
tendirent /tɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | tendrai /tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
tendras /tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
tendra /tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
tendrons /tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
tendrez /tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
tendront /tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tendrais /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tendrais /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tendrait /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tendrions /tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
tendriez /tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
tendraient /tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
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.
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 | — | ||