tendelet (tan-dlè), n.m., (nav.) awning, canopy; (arch.) tilt.
tender (tin-dèr), n.m., (rail.) tender.
tendeu-r, -se, n.m.f., stretcher, hanger (of tapestry); spreader, layer, setter (of snares); coupling-iron.
tendineu-x, -se, adj., tendinous.
tendon, n.m., (anat.) tendon, sinew.
tendre, adj., tender, soft; delicate, sensitive, affecting, moving, fond, affectionate, loving; early, young, new (of bread). Du pain —; new bread. Avoir le cœur —; to be tender-hearted. Un métal —; a soft metal. Couleur —; delicate color.
tendre, n.m., (fam.) tenderness, affection, liking, inclination; love. Le pays de —; Love.
tendre, v.a., to bend, to stretch, to spread, to lay; to strain; to set; to hold out; to pitch (tents); to hang (tapestry). — un arc; to bend a bow. — une souricière; to set a mouse-trap. — un lit; to put up a bed. Il me tendit la main; he stretched out his hand to me. — la joue; to hold out the cheek. — les bras à quelqu’un; to hold out one’s arms to any one. — une tente; to pitch a tent. — la perche à; to help, to lend a helping hand to. Il vaut mieux — la main que le cou; it is better to beg than to steal. L’arc toujours tendu se gâte; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
tendre, v.n., to lead to; to tend; to conduce; to hang tapestry, etc. Où tend ce chemin? where does that road lead to?
tendrement, adv., tenderly, dearly, affectionately.