entender
/ɪnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/verb
entender is a verb meaning “To treat with tenderness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-E-R, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does entender mean?
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo make tender.
- 2
To treat with tenderness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce entender?
- /ɪnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/
- /ɛnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-entender.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-entender2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of entender
- entenders present, singular, he/she/it
- entendering participle, present
- entendered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is entender?
Entender appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does entender come from?
From en- + tender. Doublet of intenerate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).