tenir

ca-verb

tenir (first-person singular present tinc, first-person singular preterite tinguí, past participle tingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

tenir (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
e (canonical)
tinc (first-person present singular)
tinguí (first-person preterite singular)
tingut (participle past)
tenir (infinitive)
tenint (gerund)
tingut (masculine participle past singular)
tinguda (feminine participle past singular)
tinguts (masculine participle past plural)
tingudes (feminine participle past plural)
tinc (first-person indicative present singular)
tens (indicative present second-person singular)
té (indicative present singular third-person)
tenim (first-person indicative plural present)
teniu (indicative plural present second-person)
tenen (indicative plural present third-person)
tenia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tenies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tenia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
teníem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teníeu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tenien (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tindré (first-person future indicative singular)
tindràs (future indicative second-person singular)
tindrà (future indicative singular third-person)
tindrem (first-person future indicative plural)
tindreu (future indicative plural second-person)
tindran (future indicative plural third-person)
tinguí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tingueres (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tingué (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tinguérem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tinguéreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tingueren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tindria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
tindries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tindria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tindríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tindríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
tindrien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tingui (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tinguis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tingui (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tinguem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tingueu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tinguin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tingués (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tinguessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tingués (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tinguéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tinguéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tinguessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
té (imperative second-person)
ten (imperative second-person)
tingues (imperative second-person)
tingui (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
tinguem (first-person imperative plural)
teniu (imperative plural second-person)
tingueu (imperative plural second-person)
tinguin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no tinguis (imperative negative second-person)
no tingui (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no tinguem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no tingueu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no tinguin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin tenīre, from Classical Latin tenēre with change of conjugation to -ir also found in Occitan and French.


tenir

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin tenīre.


tenir

tenir bon

La vie ne tient qu’à un fil.

Elle descend en se tenant aux racines.

She comes down using the roots for handles (literally, “She comes down holding on to the roots.”)

(reflexive) to hold on [with à ‘to something’]

Il se tenait dans le coin.

(reflexive) to hold oneself, to be standing

Tiens-toi droit !

Elle se tient immobile sur la corde raide.

(reflexive) to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition

Tiens-toi bien.

(intransitive) to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear [with à ‘someone/something’]

+obj

à (+ infinitive) à ce que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’

(intransitive) to hold dear, to be keen about [with à (+ infinitive) or à ce que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’]

se le tenir pour dit

tenir quelque chose pour acquis

tenir quelqu’un pour rien

to see someone as insignificant, to treat someone as insignificant

(transitive) to consider (something) [with pour ‘as’]

(intransitive) to support [with pour ‘someone’]

(intransitive) to hold, to defend [with contre ‘against something’]

J’me tenais dans l’ouest de la ville, ça me fait plus peur l’exil

1975, “Le Vent d ela ville”, in Passagers, performed by Beau Dommage, Capitol Record, ST-70.055 [V], 4XL56355 [K7], CDL-56355 [CD]:

I used to hang out in the west end; exile doesn't scare me anymore.

Regarde donc ce qu’est devenu le p’tit gars d’à côté // Y se tient avec une gang de drogués

1995, “On jase de toi”, in Noir Silence, performed by Noir Silence, Disques MPV, MPVCD-1353:

Look what happened with the boy next door // He hangs around with a bunch of drug addicts

(reflexive, Quebec, slang) to hang out, to hang around

tenir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tenant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
tenu (participle past)
tiens (first-person indicative present singular)
tiens (indicative present second-person singular)
tient (indicative present singular third-person)
tenons (first-person indicative plural present)
tenez (indicative plural present second-person)
tiennent (indicative plural present third-person)
tenais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tenais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tenait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tenions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tenaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tins (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tins (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tint (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tînmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tîntes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tinrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tiendrai (first-person future indicative singular)
tiendras (future indicative second-person singular)
tiendra (future indicative singular third-person)
tiendrons (first-person future indicative plural)
tiendrez (future indicative plural second-person)
tiendront (future indicative plural third-person)
tiendrais (conditional first-person singular)
tiendrais (conditional second-person singular)
tiendrait (conditional singular third-person)
tiendrions (conditional first-person plural)
tiendriez (conditional plural second-person)
tiendraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tienne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tiennes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tienne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tenions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
teniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tiennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tinsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tinsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tînt (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tinssions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tinssiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tinssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tiens (imperative second-person singular)
tenons (first-person imperative plural)
tenez (imperative plural second-person)
se tenir (infinitive reflexive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction reflexive)
se tenant (gerund participle present reflexive)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
tenu (participle past reflexive)
me tiens (first-person indicative present reflexive singular)
te tiens (indicative present reflexive second-person singular)
se tient (indicative present reflexive singular third-person)
nous tenons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
vous tenez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
se tiennent (indicative plural present reflexive third-person)
me tenais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
te tenais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se tenait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous tenions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
vous teniez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se tenaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me tins (first-person historic indicative past reflexive singular)
te tins (historic indicative past reflexive second-person singular)
se tint (historic indicative past reflexive singular third-person)
nous tînmes (first-person historic indicative past plural reflexive)
vous tîntes (historic indicative past plural reflexive second-person)
se tinrent (historic indicative past plural reflexive third-person)
me tiendrai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
te tiendras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se tiendra (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous tiendrons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
vous tiendrez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se tiendront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me tiendrais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
te tiendrais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
se tiendrait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
nous tiendrions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
vous tiendriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
se tiendraient (conditional plural reflexive third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect reflexive)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect reflexive)
me tienne (first-person present reflexive singular subjunctive)
te tiennes (present reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se tienne (present reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous tenions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
vous teniez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se tiennent (plural present reflexive subjunctive third-person)
me tinsse (first-person imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive)
te tinsses (imperfect reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se tînt (imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous tinssions (first-person imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive)
vous tinssiez (imperfect plural reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se tinssent (imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive third-person)
tiens-toi (imperative reflexive second-person singular)
tenons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
tenez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)

tenir à quelque chose comme à la prunelle de ses yeux

Saint Dominican Creole French: tini

Inherited from Middle French tenir, from Old French tenir, from Early Medieval Latin tenīre, from Classical Latin tenēre.


tenir

desctree

French: tenir
Saint Dominican Creole French: tini


tenir

tenir (infinitive)
tenant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
tenu (masculine participle past singular)
tenue (feminine participle past singular)
tenus (masculine participle past plural)
tenues (feminine participle past plural)
tiens (indicative present singular)
tiens (indicative present second-person singular)
tient (indicative present singular third-person)
tenoms (first-person indicative plural present)
tenez (indicative plural present)
tiennent (indicative plural present third-person)
teneis (imperfect indicative singular)
teneis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
teneit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tenioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teniez (imperfect indicative plural)
teneient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tins (indicative preterite singular)
tins (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tint (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tînmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tîntes (indicative plural preterite)
tîntrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tiendrai (future indicative singular)
tiendras (future indicative second-person singular)
tiendra (future indicative singular third-person)
tiendroms (first-person future indicative plural)
tiendrez (future indicative plural)
tiendront (future indicative plural third-person)
tiendreis (conditional indicative singular)
tiendreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tiendreit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tiendrioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tiendriez (conditional indicative plural)
tiendreient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tienne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tiennes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tienne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tenioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
teniez (plural present subjunctive)
tiennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tinsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tinsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tînt (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tinsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tinssioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tinssiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tinssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tiens (imperative singular)
tenoms (first-person imperative plural)
tenez (imperative plural)

From Old French tenir, from Early Medieval Latin tenīre, from Classical Latin tenēre.


tenir

From Old Occitan tenir, from Early Medieval Latin tenīre, from Latin tenēre.


tenir

tenir (infinitive)
avoir tenu (infinitive multiword-construction)
en tenant (gerund)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
tenant (participle present)
tenu (participle past)
tieng (first-person indicative present singular)
tien (first-person indicative present singular)
tiens (indicative present second-person singular)
tient (indicative present singular third-person)
tenons (first-person indicative plural present)
tenez (indicative plural present second-person)
tienent (indicative plural present third-person)
tenoie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
teneie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tenoies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
teneies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tenoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
teneit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
teniiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teniens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teniiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
teniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tenoient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
teneient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tin (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tenis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tint (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tenimes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tenistes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tindrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tinrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tendrai (first-person future indicative singular)
tendras (future indicative second-person singular)
tendra (future indicative singular third-person)
tendrons (first-person future indicative plural)
tendroiz (future indicative plural second-person)
tendreiz (future indicative plural second-person)
tendrez (future indicative plural second-person)
tendront (future indicative plural third-person)
tendroie (conditional first-person singular)
tendreie (conditional first-person singular)
tendroies (conditional second-person singular)
tendreies (conditional second-person singular)
tendroit (conditional singular third-person)
tendreit (conditional singular third-person)
tendriiens (conditional first-person plural)
tendriens (conditional first-person plural)
tendriiez (conditional plural second-person)
tendriez (conditional plural second-person)
tendroient (conditional plural third-person)
tendreient (conditional plural third-person)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
tiegne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tiegnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tiegne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tiegniens (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tiegnons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tiegniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tiegnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tenisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tenisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tenist (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tenissons (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tenissiens (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tenissoiz (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tenissez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tenissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tenissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tien (imperative second-person singular)
tenons (first-person imperative plural)
tenez (imperative plural second-person)

Middle French: tenir
French: tenir
Saint Dominican Creole French: tini

Norman: tenir

Walloon: tni, tini

→ Middle English: teynen, tainen, tenen

q

via second-person imperative <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">tenez</i>

→⇒ English: tennis (see there for further descendants) (via second-person imperative tenez)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin tenīre, from Classical Latin tenēre.


tenir

desc

Occitan: téner, tendre, ténguer, tenir, tiéner