attendre
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to wait for, to await
- to expect
- (reflexive) to expect.
- (Louisiana French) (alternative form of) entendre, to hear
Etymology
Inherited from Old French atendre (listen, attend) inherited from Latin attendere (stretch toward, give heed to).
Origin
Latin
attendere
Gloss
stretch toward, give heed to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attendere Latin
- attendere, attendō, attendo Latin
- attendere Italian
- attentiste French
- atender Spanish, Castilian
- atender Portuguese
- attenden Middle English
- atendre Old French
- atendre Catalan, Valencian
- atender Galician
- attendre Norman
- atender Asturian
- atendro Dalmatian
- tann Haitian, Haitian Creole
- tende Louisiana Creole French