détendu
French, adjective/de.tɑ̃.dy/
détendu is spelled D-É-T-E-N-D-U (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détendu is a French adjective meaning “loose, slack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of détendre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lâche, non tendu”.
What does détendu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loose, slack
- 2
relaxed
verb
- 1
past participle of détendre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lâche, non tendu. 2. Relax, relâché.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of détendu
- détendue feminine
- détendus masculine plural
- détendues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détendu?
- /de.tɑ̃.dy/
- \de.tɑ̃.dy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to détendu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détendu in French?
détendu appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).