tendre

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noun

Tender feeling or fondness; affection.

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Meanings

adjectivetendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)

comparative more tendre · superlative most tendre

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of tender.
verbtendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)

present singular third person tendres · participle present tendring · participle past tendred · past tendred

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of tender.
nountendre (plural tendres)

plural tendres

  1. archaicTender feeling or fondness; affection.

    You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre […]

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 15, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
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    So the athletic Magnolia instantly impounded the little lieutenant, and began to rally him, in the sort of slang she delighted in, with plenty of merriment and malice upon his tendre for Miss Chattesworth, and made the gallant young gentleman blush and occasionally smile, and bow a great deal, and take some snuff.

    1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tendre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendre

MLA

“tendre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tendre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendre.

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