tendre

== 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) (archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection. === Anagrams === enter'd, entred, rented, tender == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛn.dɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɛn.dɾe] ==== Adjective ==== tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres) soft, tender charming ===== Derived terms ===== entendrir tendrement ===== Related terms ===== tendresa === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin tenēre, with a change in verb class. ==== Verb ==== tendre (Alghero) alternative form of tenir === References === “tendre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑ̃dʁ/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). ==== Adjective ==== tendre (plural tendres) tender (soft, delicate) ===== Related terms ===== tendresse === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere. ==== Verb ==== tendre (transitive) to tighten (transitive) to stretch out (intransitive) to tend [with vers ‘towards’] tendre vers l'infini ― to tend to infinity (intransitive) to strive [with vers ‘for’] (reflexive) to become taut ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== tente tension toise === Further reading === “tendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === redent == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French tendre. ==== Adjective ==== tendre tender (soft, delicate) 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 6-7. ===== Descendants ===== Scots: tender English: tender === Etymology 2 === From Old English tynder. ==== Noun ==== tendre alternative form of tinder == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum. === Adjective === tendre m or f (Jersey) tender == Old French == === Etymology 1 === From Latin tenerum, accusative of tener. ==== Adjective ==== tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre) tender (soft, delicate) === Etymology 2 === From Latin tendere. ==== 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. ===== Descendants ===== French: tendre Norman: tendre