tender

See also: ténder and tênder

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.dɚ/
  • (New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.də/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ten‧der
• Homophone: tinder (pin–pen merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).

Adjective

tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)

1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     […] poore Lord, is't I
     That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe
     Thoſe tender limbes of thine […]

   • 2006, Shrek, spoken by Shrek (Mike Myers):

     Be careful: that area is tender.

2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

   tender plants

   tender flesh

   tender fruit

3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:56:

     the tender and delicate woman among you

4. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
   • 2001, Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)

     The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.

5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

     Our Bodies are not naturally more Tender than our Faces.

6. Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.

   Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.

   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,
     Will never do him good.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 5:11:

     The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

   • 1645, Thomas Fuller, “Personall Meditations”, in Good Thoughts in Bad Times, […], Exeter, Devon: […] Thomas Hunt, →OCLC, section II, page 3:

     Lord. VVHen thou ſhalt viſit me vvith a ſharp diſeaſe, I fear I ſhall be impatient. For I am Cholerick by my Nature, and tender by my Temper, and have not been acquainted vvith Sickneſſe all my life time.

7. Young and inexperienced.

   I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.

   • 1970, Graham Nash (lyrics and music), “Teach Your Children”:

     And you of tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by.

   • 2001 October 15, Appeals Court of Illinios (Second District) in Appelhans v. McFall:

     The court later expressly adopted the tender years doctrine, which states that a child is incapable of contributory negligence if he is less than seven years old […] .

8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

   tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XX, page 33:

     The lesser griefs that may be said,
     ⁠That breathe a thousand tender vows,
     ⁠Are but as servants in a house
     Where lies the master newly dead; […]

9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.

   a tender subject

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     Things that are tender and unpleasing.

10. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
11. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
    • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:

      I love Valentine,
      Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!

12. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
    • 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:

      tender of property

    • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to Societies:

      The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.

Synonyms

• (soft, yielding, delicate): nesh
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

• chicken tender
• fork-tender
• frost-tender
• tenderfoot
• tender-handed
• tenderhearted
• tenderise, tenderize
• tender loving care, TLC
• tenderly
• tenderminded
• tenderness
• tenderoni
• tender porcelain
• tender years doctrine

 

Translations

sensitive or painful

• Bulgarian: чуствителен (čustvitelen), уязвим (bg) (ujazvim)
• Catalan: tendre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫柔 / 温柔 (zh) (wēnróu)

• Czech: citlivý (cs)
• Danish: øm
• Dutch: gevoelig (nl)
• Finnish: arka (fi), aristava
• French: tendre (fr), sensible (fr)
• Galician: tenro (gl) m, trevo (gl) m
• German: zart (de), empfindlich (de), sensibel (de)
• Ingrian: hellä
• Irish: frithir
• Italian: delicato (it) m, sensibile (it) m or f
• Japanese: 過敏 (ja) (kabin)
• Latin: tener (la)
• Luxembourgish: zaart
• Maori: pāwera, tāngohengohe
• Portuguese: terno (pt)
• Russian: не́жный (ru) (néžnyj), чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj), уязви́мый (ru) (ujazvímyj)
• Spanish: tierno (es), dolorido (es)
• Swedish: öm (sv)
• Turkish: narin (tr), , hassas (tr) (sore + in all senses)
• Yakut: нарын (narın)

easy damaged, delicate

• Bulgarian: крехък (bg) (krehǎk), деликатен (bg) (delikaten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精緻 / 精致 (zh) (jīngzhì)

• Gothic: 𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌵𐌿𐍃 (þlaqus)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἁπαλός (hapalós)

• Ingrian: herkkä
• Latin: tener (la)
• Russian: хру́пкий (ru) (xrúpkij), делика́тный (ru) (delikátnyj)
• Sanskrit: कोमल (sa) (komala), मृदु (sa) (mṛdu)
• Swedish: ömtålig (sv) c
• Tocharian B: lalaṃṣke
• Turkish: hassas (tr), çıtkırıldım (tr) (humorous)

soft and easily chewed

• Belarusian: даліка́тны (dalikátny)
• Bulgarian: мек (bg) (mek)
• Catalan: tendre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 嫩 (nyun⁶)

  Mandarin: 嫩 (zh) (nèn)

• Czech: měkký (cs)
• Danish: mør
• Dutch: zacht (nl), mals (nl)
• Esperanto: mola (eo)
• Finnish: murea (fi)
• French: tendre (fr)
• Friulian: tenar
• Galician: tenro (gl) m, olmo m, mol (gl) m, dondio m, madioso m
• German: zart (de), nachgiebig (de)
• Hungarian: gyenge (hu)
• Italian: tenero (it) m, morbido (it) m, soffice (it) m
• Japanese: 柔らかい (ja) (yawarakai)
• Luxembourgish: zaart
• Maori: tāngohengohe, ngaore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mør (no)

  Nynorsk: mør, møyr

• Persian: ترد (fa) (tord)
• Polish: delikatny (pl)
• Portuguese: macio (pt), tenro (pt)
• Romanian: fraged (ro)
• Russian: не́жный (ru) (néžnyj)
• Spanish: tierno (es)
• Swedish: mör (sv)
• Turkish: gevrek (tr), kıtır (tr)
• Ukrainian: ні́жний (nížnyj), тенді́тний (tendítnyj), деліка́тний (delikátnyj)

fond, loving, gentle, sweet

• Belarusian: пяшчо́тны (pjaščótny), ласка́вы (laskávy), не́жны (njéžny) (rare), даліка́тны (dalikátny)
• Bulgarian: не́жен (bg) (néžen), ла́скав (bg) (láskav)
• Catalan: tendre (ca)
• Czech: něžný (cs) m
• Danish: øm
• Dutch: zacht (nl), lief (nl)
• Estonian: hell (et)
• Finnish: hellä (fi)
• French: tendre (fr)
• Galician: tenreiro (gl) m, solermiño m, agarimoso m, melosiño m
• German: zart (de), zärtlich (de), lieb (de), liebevoll (de)
• Hungarian: gyengéd (hu)
• Irish: mín, grámhar, armacach, muirneach
• Italian: carino (it) m, tenero (it) m, dolce (it) m
• Japanese: 優しい (ja) (yasashī)
• Kituba: petepete
• Latin: tener (la)
• Luxembourgish: zaart
• Macedonian: нежен (nežen), благ (blag)
• Manchu: ᠨᡝᠮᡝᠶᡝᠨ (nemeyen)
• Maori: mateoha
• Polish: pieszczotliwy (pl), czuły (pl)
• Portuguese: terno (pt)
• Romanian: iubit (ro), gentil (ro), dulce (ro)
• Russian: не́жный (ru) (néžnyj), ла́сковый (ru) (láskovyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏жан, ње̏жан

  Roman: nȅžan (sh), njȅžan (sh)

• Slovak: nežný
• Slovene: nežen (sl), blȃg (sl)
• Spanish: tierno (es), cariñoso (es)
• Swedish: öm (sv), ljuv (sv)
• Tibetan: འཇམ་པོ ('jam po)
• Turkish: müşfik (tr), sevecen (tr)
• Ukrainian: ні́жний (nížnyj), ласка́вий (laskávyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} غَضّ (ar) (ḡaḍḍ)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} tenera
• German: (1) ^{(please verify)} empfindlich (de), (2) ^{(please verify)} weich (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} tenero (it) m, ^{(please verify)} tenera (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 연한 (yeonhan)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 嫩的 (nènde)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} bog, ^{(please verify)} caomh, ^{(please verify)} maoth, ^{(please verify)} sèamh, ^{(please verify)} tlàth
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} లేత (te) (lēta) (2)

Noun

tender (countable and uncountable, plural tenders)

1. (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 72, column 1:

     Stay, and breath awhile.
     Thou haſt redeem'd thy loſt opinion
     And ſhew'd thou makeſt ſome tender of my life
     In this faire reſcue thou haſt brought to mee.

2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

tender (comparative more tender, superlative most tender)

1. tenderly
   • 1956, Ken Darb (lyrics and music), “Love Me Tender”, performed by Elvis Presley:

     Love me tender, love me sweet
     Never let me go

Etymology 3

From Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

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

1. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:

     To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].

   • c. 1947, Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:

     Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.

2. (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
   • 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     The angrie king hath banished me the court:
     And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me,
     Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.

   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene 1], page 23, column 1:

     Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech,
     In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue,
     Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince,
     And free from other misbegotten hate,
     Come I appealant to rhis [sic] Princely preſence.

   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     And ſo good Capulet, which name I tender
     As dearely as my owne, be ſatisfied.

Etymology 4

From tend +‎ -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”).

Diagram of a steam locomotive. Tender is #6.

Noun

tender (plural tenders)

1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
2. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 201:

     Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping.

   • 1944 July and August, Reginald B. Fellows, “The Failure of Bricklayers Arms as a Passenger Station—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 211:

     Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once."

3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

   submarine tender

   destroyer tender

4. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

   Synonym: dinghy

   • 1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:

     The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m.

   • 2015 April 1, Teresa Machan, “Queen Elizabeth passenger dies boarding a cruise ship tender [print version: Queen Elizabeth passenger dies after boarding mishap, 4 April 2015, p. T5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Travel)‎^[2], archived from the original on 13 April 2015:

     A passenger on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth died this week following an accident while boarding from a tender (the small boats that carry passengers from ship to shore or port when the cruise ship anchors at sea). […] Gangway ramps can, on occasion, break free of either the ship or the tender, causing passengers or crew to fall into the sea.

5. (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
   • 2015 August 18, Christoph Gelfand, “’Diving for Scallops’”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-25:

     Now, with scallop populations under pressure, Mr. Sewell is one of only about 30 active scallop divers left in his state. He and his tender, Jason Simmons, have harvested scallops together each winter and early spring for the past seven years. The rest of the year he catches bluefin tuna and dives for sea urchins.

   • 2022 October 19, David J. Neal, “Broward company 'ignored safety standards and a young worker has died,' OSHA says”, in Miami Herald‎^[4], Miami, F.L.: McClatchy, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2023:

     The first of two willful violations OSHA found were the diver and dive tender "performing dredging operations in a canal with zero-visibility, did not have the experience and training in the use of tools, equipment, systems, techniques, and emergency procedures which are required to perform these underwater tasks in a safe manner."

6. Short for water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).

Derived terms

• airship tender
• balloon tender
• brake tender
• budtender
• buoy tender
• (one who tends): bartender
• seaplane tender
• (smaller boat used for transportation, naval ship that functions as a mobile base): tenderman
• sub tender
• tender cab
• tender engine
• tender-first
• tender loco
• tender locomotive
• water tender

 

Translations

fuel-carrying railroad car

• Bulgarian: те́ндер (bg) m (ténder)
• Dutch: tender (nl)
• Finnish: tenderi (fi)
• Italian: tender (it) m, carboniera f, carro di scorta m, carro di rifornimento m
• Japanese: 炭水車 (tansui-sha)
• Polish: tender (pl) m
• Portuguese: tênder (pt) m
• Russian: те́ндер (ru) m (ténder)
• Spanish: vagón nodriza m, ténder (es) m
• Swedish: tender (sv)

nautical: ship functioning as mobile base for other ships

• Bulgarian: плаваща база f (plavašta baza)
• Danish: forsyningsskib
• Finnish: emälaiva (fi)
• Polish: tender (pl) m
• Russian: плавучая ба́за f (plavučaja báza)

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

• Finnish: yhteysvene
• Galician: esquife m, bote m, chalupa f
• Italian: scialuppa (it)
• Spanish: esquife (es)

Verb

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

1. To work on a tender.
   • 1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 103:

     Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.

Etymology 5

From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).

Noun

tender (plural tenders)

1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.

   You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     Polonius: Affection? Pooh! You speak like a green girl
     Unsifted in such perilous circumstance.
     Do you believe his tenders, as you call them? // Ophelia: I do not know, my lord, what I should think. // Polonius: Marry, I'll teach you. Think yourself a baby
     That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay
     Which are not sterling. Tender yourself more dearly,
     Or — not to crack the wind of the poor phrase
     Running it thus — you'll tender me a fool.

     Herein, the Bard plays with the word "tender" most liberally. The boldened instance of the word is that which pertains to the instant sense.

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

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

   legal tender

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

   We will submit our tender to you within the week.

6. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     [...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.

Derived terms

• e-tender
• split tender
• tender offer

 

Translations

means of payment

• Bulgarian: платежно средство n (platežno sredstvo)
• Czech: platidlo (cs) n
• Danish: betalingsmiddel (da) n
• Dutch: betaalmiddel (nl) n, betalingsmiddel n
• Finnish: maksuväline (fi)
• French: moyen de paiement m
• German: Zahlungsmittel (de)
• Italian: valuta (it), moneta (it), metodo di pagamento m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: betalingsmiddel n

• Polish: środek płatniczy
• Romanian: mijloc de plată n
• Russian: платёжное сре́дство n (platjóžnoje srédstvo)
• Spanish: medio de pago m
• Swedish: betalningsmedel (sv) n

law: an offer to buy or sell something

• Bulgarian: оферта (bg) f (oferta)
• Danish: tender
• Dutch: bod (nl) n
• Finnish: tarjous (fi)
• French: offre (fr) f
• Georgian: ტენდერი (ṭenderi), შეთავაზება (šetavazeba)
• German: Andienung f
• Indonesian: tender (id)
• Italian: gara d’appalto, offerta (it)
• Malay: sebut harga, tender
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilbud n (selling only), anbud (no) n

• Polish: oferta (pl) f przetargowa (pl)
• Portuguese: lance (pt) m, licitação (pt) f, edital (pt) m
• Russian: предложе́ние (ru) n (predložénije), те́ндер (ru) m (tɛ́ndɛr)
• Spanish: propuesta (es) f, oferta (es) f
• Swedish: offert (sv) c, anbud (sv) n

See also

• legal tender
• put out to tender
• put out for tender

Verb

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

1. (formal) To offer, to give.

   to tender one’s resignation

   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     You see how all conditions, how all minds, […] tender down
     Their services to Lord Timon.

   • 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.

   • 1920 December 25, Motion Picture News, volume XXIII, number 1, page 225:

     Hank Mann Tenders You Holiday Greetings

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

Synonyms

• offer

Derived terms

• tenderable
• tender something out

Translations

formal: to offer, give

• Bulgarian: подавам оферта (podavam oferta)
• Burmese: တင်ဒါ (my) (tangda)
• Danish: indgive
• Dutch: aanbieden (nl)
• Finnish: esittää (fi), tarjota (fi)
• Italian: presentare (it), dare (it), sottoporre (it), offrire (it)
• Maori: tono, tono
• Polish: składać (pl) impf, złożyć (pl) pf
• Russian: предлага́ть (ru) n (predlagátʹ)
• Spanish: ofrecer (es)
• Swedish: erbjuda (sv)

to offer a payment

• Dutch: bieden (nl)
• Finnish: tarjota (fi)
• Italian: battere (it), fare una offerta, offrire (it)
• Swedish: bjuda (sv)

Anagrams

• enter'd, entred, rented, tendre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tender.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ten‧der

Noun

tender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)

1. (finance) tender

   Het bedrijf heeft een tender ingediend om een bouwproject uit te voeren.

   The company submitted a tender to carry out a construction project.

2. (rail transport) coal-car

   De trein had verschillende tenders gevuld met kolen om de locomotief van brandstof te voorzien.

   The train had several coal-cars filled with coal to provide fuel for the locomotive.

Synonyms

• (finance) aanbesteding

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tender

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛndər]
• Hyphenation: tèn‧dêr

Etymology 1

From Dutch tender: from English tender, from Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”), from Latin tendere.

Noun

tèndêr (plural tender-tender)

1. (trading) tender, anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.

Synonyms

• sebut harga (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• menenderkan

 

Compounds

• tender terbuka
• tender tertutup

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch tender, from English tender, tend +‎ -er.

Noun

tèndêr (plural tender-tender)

1. (transport) tender: a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

Further reading

• “tender” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Verb

tender (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of tendere

Middle English

Noun

tender

1. Alternative form of tinder

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.dɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɛr
• Syllabification: ten‧der

Noun

tender m inan

1. (rail transport) tender (railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)
2. (nautical) tender (ship functioning as mobile base for other ships)

Declension

Declension of tender

	singular	plural
nominative	tender	tendry
genitive	tendra	tendrów
dative	tendrowi	tendrom
accusative	tender	tendry
instrumental	tendrem	tendrami
locative	tendrze	tendrach
vocative	tendrze	tendry

Derived terms

adjective

• tendrowy

 

noun

• tendrzak

 

Further reading

• tender in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [tẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [tẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [tẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈde.ɾi/

Etymology 1

From Latin tendere, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Verb

tender (first-person singular present tendo, first-person singular preterite tendi, past participle tendido)

1. to tend
2. to trend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tender
Personal	tender	tenderes	tender	tendermos	tenderdes	tenderem
Gerund
	tendendo
Past participle
Masculine	tendido			tendidos
Feminine	tendida			tendidas
Indicative
Present	tendo	tendes	tende	tendemos	tendeis	tendem
Imperfect	tendia	tendias	tendia	tendíamos	tendíeis	tendiam
Preterite	tendi	tendeste	tendeu	tendemos	tendestes	tenderam
Pluperfect	tendera	tenderas	tendera	tendêramos	tendêreis	tenderam
Future	tenderei	tenderás	tenderá	tenderemos	tendereis	tenderão
Conditional	tenderia	tenderias	tenderia	tenderíamos	tenderíeis	tenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	tenda	tendas	tenda	tendamos	tendais	tendam
Imperfect	tendesse	tendesses	tendesse	tendêssemos	tendêsseis	tendessem
Future	tender	tenderes	tender	tendermos	tenderdes	tenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		tende	tenda	tendamos	tendei	tendam
Negative (não)		não tendas	não tenda	não tendamos	não tendais	não tendam

Related terms

• tenda
• tensão
• tenso
• tesão
• teso
• tesura

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tender (first-person singular present tendo, first-person singular preterite tendi, past participle tendido)

1. (informal) Clipping of entender.

   Tendeu o que eu disse?

   Did you understand what I said?

Further reading

• “tender”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “tender”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “tender”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “tender”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tender”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “tender”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tender.

Noun

tender n (plural tendere)

1. (rail transport) tender

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tender	tenderul		tendere	tenderele
genitive-dative	tender	tenderului		tendere	tenderelor
vocative	tenderule			tenderelor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tendere, tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈdeɾ/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ten‧der

Verb

tender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tender
gerund			tendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tendido		tendida
		plural		tendidos		tendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tiendo	tiendestú tendésvos	tiende	tendemos	tendéis	tienden
	imperfect	tendía	tendías	tendía	tendíamos	tendíais	tendían
	preterite	tendí	tendiste	tendió	tendimos	tendisteis	tendieron
	future	tenderé	tenderás	tenderá	tenderemos	tenderéis	tenderán
	conditional	tendería	tenderías	tendería	tenderíamos	tenderíais	tenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tienda	tiendastú tendásvos2	tienda	tendamos	tendáis	tiendan
	imperfect (ra)	tendiera	tendieras	tendiera	tendiéramos	tendierais	tendieran
	imperfect (se)	tendiese	tendieses	tendiese	tendiésemos	tendieseis	tendiesen
	future1	tendiere	tendieres	tendiere	tendiéremos	tendiereis	tendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tiendetú tendévos	tienda	tendamos	tended	tiendan
	negative		no tiendas	no tienda	no tendamos	no tendáis	no tiendan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tender (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tender	dative	tenderme	tenderte	tenderle, tenderse	tendernos	tenderos	tenderles, tenderse
	accusative	tenderme	tenderte	tenderlo, tenderla, tenderse	tendernos	tenderos	tenderlos, tenderlas, tenderse
with gerund tendiendo	dative	tendiéndome	tendiéndote	tendiéndole, tendiéndose	tendiéndonos	tendiéndoos	tendiéndoles, tendiéndose
	accusative	tendiéndome	tendiéndote	tendiéndolo, tendiéndola, tendiéndose	tendiéndonos	tendiéndoos	tendiéndolos, tendiéndolas, tendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tiende	dative	tiéndeme	tiéndete	tiéndele	tiéndenos	not used	tiéndeles
	accusative	tiéndeme	tiéndete	tiéndelo, tiéndela	tiéndenos	not used	tiéndelos, tiéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tendé	dative	tendeme	tendete	tendele	tendenos	not used	tendeles
	accusative	tendeme	tendete	tendelo, tendela	tendenos	not used	tendelos, tendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative tienda	dative	tiéndame	not used	tiéndale, tiéndase	tiéndanos	not used	tiéndales
	accusative	tiéndame	not used	tiéndalo, tiéndala, tiéndase	tiéndanos	not used	tiéndalos, tiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative tendamos	dative	not used	tendámoste	tendámosle	tendámonos	tendámoos	tendámosles
	accusative	not used	tendámoste	tendámoslo, tendámosla	tendámonos	tendámoos	tendámoslos, tendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tended	dative	tendedme	not used	tendedle	tendednos	tendeos	tendedles
	accusative	tendedme	not used	tendedlo, tendedla	tendednos	tendeos	tendedlos, tendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tiendan	dative	tiéndanme	not used	tiéndanle	tiéndannos	not used	tiéndanles, tiéndanse
	accusative	tiéndanme	not used	tiéndanlo, tiéndanla	tiéndannos	not used	tiéndanlos, tiéndanlas, tiéndanse

Derived terms

• hay ropa tendida
• tendedero
• tendedor
• tender la cama
• tender puentes
• tender un puente
• tender una trampa (“to set up, to frame”)
• tenderse

 

Related terms

• tensión
• tenso
• teso
• tesón
• tesura
• tienda

 

Further reading

• “tender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10