attendre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.tɑ̃dʁ/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃dr Hyphenation: at‧tendre === Verb === attendre (transitive) to wait for, to await Je l'attends. ― I'm waiting for her/him. to expect (reflexive) to expect [with à] Je m'attendais à pire. ― I expected worse. (Louisiana) alternative form of entendre, to hear ==== Usage notes ==== A false friend of English attend, of which meanings to do with waiting are archaic. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: tann === Further reading === “attendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === datèrent, dénatter == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French atendre, borrowed from Latin attendere. === Verb === attendre (Jersey) to wait (Guernsey, reflexive, s'attendre) to expect