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attendre.

to wait for, to await

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.tɑ̃dʁ/
  1. to wait for, to await

    transitive
    Je l'attends.
    On attend le beau temps pour partir.
  2. to expect

    On attendait mieux de toi.
  3. to expect

    reflexive
    Je m'attendais à pire.
    Il s'attend à ce que tu viennes ce soir.
  4. alternative form of entendre, to hear

    Louisiana · alt-of · alternative
    Quand t'étais petit, t'attendais le français à la Messe ou a l'église?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.