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tente
tente
See also: tenté
French
Etymology
From Old French, possibly from Vulgar Latin *tenta, from the feminine of tentus, perfect passive participle of tendō, or alternatively from *tenda, itself possibly a contraction of *tendita, feminine of a variant Vulgar Latin participle *tenditus, from Latin tendō. Compare Italian tenda, Portuguese tenda, Spanish tienda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃t/
Noun
tente f (plural tentes)
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
tente f (oblique plural tentes, nominative singular tente, nominative plural tentes)
Usage notes
- There is no consensus what the difference between paveillon, tente and tref is in Old French. There may be no difference, or the difference may vary according to the author.
Portuguese
Verb
tente
- First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of tentar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tentar
- First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of tentar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tentar
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tentar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of tentar