tenir

French

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to have; to hold
  • (transitive) to keep
  • (transitive) to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect
  • (intransitive) to stay; to hold
  • (reflexive) to hold on
  • (reflexive) to hold oneself, to be standing
  • (reflexive) to behave
  • (reflexive) to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition
  • to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold hold something dear; to wish to
  • (reflexive) to hang out

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tenir inherited from Old French tenir inherited from Latin *tenīre, tenēre (hold, have) inherited from Proto-Italic *tenēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex), *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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