Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tendance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: ten-dance
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

attendance (The act of attending or waiting)

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

People in attendance; attendants.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And up they rose as vigorous as the Sun, / Or to the Culture of the willing Glebe, / Or to the cheerful Tendance of the Flock."
"What but love, kindness, and all affection is her tendance upon poor Emily. To her, is she not all meekness, all love, all forbearance?"
"[…] his lobbies fill with tendance, / Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear,"

Etymology

See tend (“to attend”), and compare attendance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tendances (plural)

Questions

What does tendance mean?: The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
Where does tendance come from?: See tend (“to attend”), and compare attendance.

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