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Webster 1913 Edition


Tendance

Tend′ance

,
Noun.
[See
Tend
to attend, and cf.
Attendance
.]
1.
The act of attending or waiting; attendance.
[Archaic]
Spenser.
The breath
Of her sweet
tendance
hovering over him.
Tennyson.
2.
Persons in attendance; attendants.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tendance

TEND'ANCE

,
Noun.
Attendance; state of expectation.
1.
Persons attending.
2.
Act of waiting; attendance.
3.
Care; act of tending.
[This word is entirely obsolete in all its senses. We now use attendance.]

Definition 2024


tendance

tendance

English

Noun

tendance (plural tendances)

  1. (archaic) The act of attending or waiting; attendance.
  2. (obsolete) Persons in attendance; attendants.

References

  • tendance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.dɑ̃s/

Noun

tendance f (plural tendances)

  1. tendency, propensity

Derived terms

  • avoir la tendance de (To tend to)