tender
Sensitive or painful to the touchSensitive or painful to the touch.
» This beef is tender.
Das Rindfleisch ist zart. — Zaghawa
Эта говядина нежная. — corvard
Ця яловичина ніжна. — deniko
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12 sensesSensitive or painful to the touch.
zart, empfindlich, sensibel
не́жныйnéžnyj, чувстви́тельныйčuvstvítelʹnyj, уязви́мыйujazvímyj
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
tender plants
tender flesh
хру́пкийxrúpkij, делика́тныйdelikátnyj
Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
physically untoughened
Soft and easily chewed.
zart, nachgiebig
не́жныйnéžnyj
ні́жнийnížnyj, тенді́тнийtendítnyj, деліка́тнийdelikátnyj
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
zart, zärtlich, lieb
не́жныйnéžnyj, ла́сковыйláskovyj
ні́жнийnížnyj, ласка́вийlaskávyj
Young and inexperienced.
I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.
young and immature
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
a tender subject
Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
(obsolete)Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
(obsolete)Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
Examples
102 sentencesThis beef is tender.
Ця яловичина ніжна. — deniko
ruЭта говядина нежная. — corvard
deDas Rindfleisch ist zart. — Zaghawa
She has a tender heart.
У неї добре серце. — deniko
ruУ неё доброе сердце. — Arkadeko
deSie hat ein weiches Herz. — Zaghawa
She gave him a tender kiss.
ruОна его нежно поцеловала. — saiko
deSie gab ihm einen zärtlichen Kuss. — Esperantostern
Tom gave Mary a tender kiss.
ruТом нежно поцеловал Мэри. — marafon
Boil the potatoes until they are tender.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tendre, Old French tendre, from LatFrom Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tendre, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).
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Forms
tenderer, tenderestSynonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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