tendresse, n.f., tenderness, love, fondness. pl., tender caresses.

tendret, -te, adj., rather tender.

tendreté, n.f., (l.u.) tenderness (of fruit, etc.).

tendron, n.m., shoot, tendril (of plants); gristle; (fam.) young lass.

tendu, -e, part. and adj., bent; tight, stiff; strained. Style —; stiff, affected, far-fetched, unnatural style. Situation —; a strained or delicate situation.

ténèbres, n.f.pl., darkness, night, gloom. Les — de l’ignorance; the night of ignorance.

ténébreusement (-eûz-mān), adv., darkly, gloomily; secretly.

ténébreu-x, -se, adj., dark, gloomy, obscure, overcast, melancholy; underhand.

tènement (tè-n-mān), n.m., (feudalism) tenement; block of houses.