"tentative" meaning in Français

See tentative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \tɑ̃.ta.tiv\, tɑ̃.ta.tiv Audio: Fr-tentative.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Nclm-tentative.wav Forms: tentatif [singular, masculine], tentatifs [plural, masculine], tentatives [plural, feminine]
  1. Féminin singulier de tentatif. Form of: tentatif
    Sense id: fr-tentative-fr-adj-kw6WUBy9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: \tɑ̃.ta.tiv\, tɑ̃.ta.tiv Audio: Fr-tentative.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Nclm-tentative.wav Forms: tentatives [plural]
  1. Action par laquelle on tente, on essaie de faire réussir quelque chose.
    Sense id: fr-tentative-fr-noun-2ihznIIz Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Examen, thèse que soutenait celui qui voulait être reçu licencié en théologie.
    Sense id: fr-tentative-fr-noun-orXbTn2Z Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la religion, Lexique en français de l’histoire Topics: history, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: essai Translations (action par laquelle on tente): Versuch [masculine] (Allemand), attempt (Anglais), try (Anglais), intent [masculine] (Catalan), intento [masculine] (Espagnol), tentativa [feminine] (Espagnol), provo (Espéranto), assai (Gallo), tentativo [masculine] (Italien), temptativa (Occitan), попытка (Russe), geahččaleapmi (Same du Nord), дослід [masculine] (Ukrainien)

Inflected forms

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}

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