tende

See also: tendé

English

Verb

tende

1. Obsolete form of tend.
   • c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:

     Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Verb

tende

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tendre

Anagrams

• étend

Galician

Alternative forms

• tede

Verb

tende

1. second-person plural imperative of ter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛnde
• Hyphenation: tèn‧de

Noun

tende f

1. plural of tenda

Verb

tende

1. third-person singular present indicative of tendere

Anagrams

• Dente, dente

Latin

Verb

tende

1. second-person singular present active imperative of tendō

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French attendre (“to wait”), compare Haitian Creole tann.

Verb

tende

1. to wait

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Middle English

Adjective

tende

1. Alternative form of tenthe

Noun

tende

1. Alternative form of tenthe

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese entender and Spanish entender in the meaning of "to understand".

Verb

tende

1. to hear

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛŋde/

Verb

tende

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.dɨ/

Etymology 1

Latin tenēte

Verb

tende

1. second-person plural imperative of ter

Etymology 2

Verb

tende

1. inflection of tender:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Etymology

See mtende.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tende (n class, plural tende)

1. date (fruit)

Related terms

• mtende (“date palm”)

Turkish

Noun

tende

1. locative singular of ten