Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tendresse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: ten-dresse
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tenderness, gentle intimacy or affection.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A desperate honesty that throbs through his confession does not absolve him from sins of diabolical cunning. He is abnormal. He is not a gentleman. But how magically his singing violin can conjure up a tendresse, a compassion for Lolita that makes us entranced with the book while abhorring its author!"
"When Papillon makes his last impossible try for freedom they embrace with the tendresse of lovers, however manly and platonic."
"Women loved him, it is true, but he could not respond with enduring tendresse."
"Tár has furthermore conceived a tendresse for a new cellist."

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendresse.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tendresses (plural)

Questions

What does tendresse mean?: Tenderness, gentle intimacy or affection.
Where does tendresse come from?: Borrowed from French tendresse.

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