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Yes. The word tendre is a Scrabble US word. The word tendre is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tendre is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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6-letter words (4 found)

RENTED,TENDER,TENDRE,TERNED,

5-letter words (12 found)

DENET,DETER,DRENT,ENDER,ENTER,ERNED,RENTE,TEEND,TERNE,TREED,TREEN,TREND,

4-letter words (27 found)

DEEN,DEER,DEET,DENE,DENT,DERE,DERN,DREE,ERED,ERNE,ETEN,NEED,NERD,NETE,REDE,REED,REEN,REND,RENT,RETE,TEED,TEEN,TEER,TEND,TENE,TERN,TREE,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEE,DEN,EEN,END,ENE,ERE,ERN,NED,NEE,NET,RED,REE,REN,RET,TED,TEE,TEN,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,ER,ET,NE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 70 words from tendre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tendre

tendre

Adjective

tendre (comparative more tendre, superlative most tendre)

  1. Obsolete form of tender.

Verb

tendre (third-person singular simple present tendres, present participle tendring, simple past and past participle tendred)

  1. Obsolete form of tender.

Noun

tendre (plural tendres)

  1. (archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection.

Anagrams

  • enter'd, entred, rented, tender

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan tendre, from older tenre (with epenthesis), from Latin tener (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Compare Occitan tèndre, French tendre, Spanish tierno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛn.dɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɛn.dɾe]

Adjective

tendre (feminine tendra, masculine and feminine plural tendres)

  1. soft, tender
  2. charming
Derived terms
  • entendrir
  • tendrement
Related terms
  • tendresa

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin tenēre, with a change in verb class.

Verb

tendre

  1. (Alghero) Alternative form of tenir

References

  • “tendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “tendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “tendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “tendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃dʁ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Adjective

tendre (plural tendres)

  1. tender (soft, delicate)
Related terms
  • tendresse

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere.

Verb

tendre

  1. (transitive) to tighten
  2. (transitive) to stretch out
  3. (transitive with vers) to tend towards
    tendre vers l’infini ― to tend to infinity
  4. (transitive with vers) to strive for
  5. (reflexive) to become taut
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
  • tente
  • tension
  • toise

Further reading

  • “tendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • redent

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French tendre.

Adjective

tendre

  1. tender (soft, delicate)
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 6-7.
Descendants
  • Scots: tender
  • English: tender

Etymology 2

From Old English tynder.

Noun

tendre

  1. Alternative form of tinder

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tendre m or f

  1. (Jersey) tender

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin tenerum, accusative of tener.

Adjective

tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)

  1. tender (soft, delicate)

Etymology 2

From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.

Verb

tendre

  1. (transitive) to stretch
Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants
  • French: tendre
  • Norman: tendre

Source: wiktionary.org