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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 See also 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 2 Polish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb 3.1.1 Conjugation 3.1.2 Related terms

[ English

[ Pronunciation

/ten-der/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

[ Etymology 1

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener.

[ Adjective

tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)

1. Sensitive or painful to be touched.

   Be careful, that area is tender. - Mike Meyers as the voice of the title character in the movie Shrek.

2. Of food, soft and easily chewed.

   The matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent and juicy. - Joey Pantolino in the movie The Matrix'.'

3. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet

   Suzanne was such a tender and sweet mother to her children.

[ Derived terms

• tenderise, tenderize
• tenderly
• tenderness

[ Translations

sensitive or painful

Finnish: arka fi(fi), aristava fi(fi) Japanese: 過敏 ja(ja) (kabin) Latin: tener la(la)

Russian: нежный ru(ru) (n'éžnyj), чувствительный ru(ru) (čustvít'el'nyj), уязвимый ru(ru) (ujazvímyj) Spanish: estierno es(es)

soft and easily chewed

Finnish: murea fi(fi) Japanese: 柔らかい ja(ja) (yawarakai)

Russian: нежный ru(ru) (n'éžnyj) Spanish: estierno es(es)

fond, loving, gentle, sweet

Czech: něžný cs(cs) m. Finnish: hellä fi(fi) Japanese: 優しい ja(ja) (yasashī)

Latin: tener la(la) Russian: нежный ru(ru) (n'éžnyj), ласковый ru(ru) (láskovyj) Spanish: estierno es(es)

[ See also

• tender loving care, TLC
• tenderfoot

[ Etymology 2

Middle English tenden.

[ Noun

Singular tender

Plural tenders

tender (plural tenders)

1. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

   Your credit card has been declined. You need to provide some other tender such as cash.

2. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.

   We will submit our tender to you within the week.

3. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
4. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

   submarine tender

   destroyer tender

5. (nautical) A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.

[ Translations

means of payment

Danish: betalingsmiddel n. Finnish: maksuväline fi(fi)

Italian: valuta it(it), moneta it(it)

law: an offer to buy or sell something

Danish: tender da(da) Finnish: tarjous fi(fi)

Italian: gara d'appalto, offerta

fuel-carrying railroad car

Finnish: tenderi fi(fi) Italian: tender it(it)

Japanese: 炭水車 ja(ja) (tansui-sha) Polish: tender pl(pl) m.

nautical: ship functioning as mobile base for other ships

Danish: forsyningsskib

Finnish: emälaiva fi(fi)

nautical: a boat used for transportation btw a ship and the shore

Finnish: yhteysvene fi(fi)

Italian: scialuppa it(it)

[ See also

• legal tender

[ Etymology 3

From Middle French tendre.

[ Verb

Infinitive to tender

Third person singular tenders

Simple past tendered

Past participle tendered

Present participle tendering

to tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

1. (formal) To offer, to give.

   • tender one's resignation

   • 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

     I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions

[ Synonyms

• offer

[ Translations

formal: to offer, to give

Finnish: esittää fi(fi)

to offer a payment

Finnish: tarjota fi(fi)

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[ Polish

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtɛndɛr]

[ Noun

tender m.

1. tender (a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)

[ Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tender	tendry
Genitive	tendra	tendrów
Dative	tendrowi	tendrom
Accusative	tender	tendry
Instrumental	tendrem	tendrami
Locative	tendrze	tendrach
Vocative	tendrze	tendry

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[ Spanish

[ Verb

tender

1. to spread, to stretch out
2. to lay (cable)
3. to make (a bed)
4. to hang up (clothes)
5. to build (a bridge across an expanse)
6. to extend (thee hand)
7. to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
8. to cast (a net)
9. to set (a trap)
10. to coat (with plaster)
11. (intransitive) to tend, to have a tendency

[ Conjugation

[ Related terms

• tenderse