"tendre" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /tɑ̃dʁ/ Audio: Fr-tendre.ogg Forms: tendres [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|tendre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French tendre, {{inh+|fr|fro|tendre}} Inherited from Old French tendre, {{inh|fr|la|tener|tenerum}} Latin tenerum, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*ten-||to stretch, draw}} Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} tendre (plural tendres)
  1. tender (soft, delicate) Related terms: tendresse
    Sense id: en-tendre-fr-adj-UQzWaLVZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /tɑ̃dʁ/ Audio: Fr-tendre.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|tendre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French tendre, {{inh+|fr|fro|tendre}} Inherited from Old French tendre, {{inh|fr|la|tendō|tendere}} Latin tendere Head templates: {{fr-verb}} tendre Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tendre [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], tendant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], tendu [participle, past], tends [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tends [indicative, present, second-person, singular], tend [indicative, present, singular, third-person], tendons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], tendez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], tendent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], tendais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], tendais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], tendait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], tendions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], tendiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], tendaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], tendis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], tendis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], tendit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], tendîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], tendîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], tendirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, 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], tendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], tendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], tendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], tendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], tendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], tendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], tendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], tendraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], tende [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], tendes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tende [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], tendions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], tendiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], tendent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], tendisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], tendisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tendît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], tendissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], tendissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], tendissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], tends [imperative, second-person, singular], tendons [first-person, imperative, plural], tendez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to tighten Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tendre-fr-verb-pa7XqRTJ
  2. (transitive) to stretch out Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tendre-fr-verb-X-YmjHT0
  3. (transitive with vers) to tend towards Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tendre-fr-verb-6Ua0yEe7 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 27 41 8 12 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 8 18 53 7 10
  4. (transitive with vers) to strive for Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tendre-fr-verb-EEajINBD
  5. (reflexive) to become taut Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-tendre-fr-verb-g7ipLI~M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hypertendre, supertendre, tendre la perche, tendre les bras, tendre l’autre joue, tendre l’oreille, tendre une perche, tendu, ultratendre Related terms: tente, tension, toise
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "form": "tendissiez",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.di.sje/",
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    {
      "form": "tendissent",
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    {
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tendissions",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tendissiez",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.di.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tendissent",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tends",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tendons",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.dɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tendez",
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tendre",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tente"
    },
    {
      "word": "tension"
    },
    {
      "word": "toise"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tighten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tighten",
          "tighten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to tighten"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stretch out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stretch out",
          "stretch out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to stretch out"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to tend to infinity",
          "text": "tendre vers l’infini",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tend towards"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vers",
          "vers#French"
        ],
        [
          "tend",
          "tend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with vers) to tend towards"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with vers"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to strive for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vers",
          "vers#French"
        ],
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with vers) to strive for"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with vers"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become taut"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taut",
          "taut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to become taut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃dʁ/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-tendre.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/Fr-tendre.ogg/Fr-tendre.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Fr-tendre.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tendre"
}

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