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tendax

French, adjective/tɑ̃.daks/

tendax is a French adjective meaning “risky, edgy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d’une situation complexe, tendue, délicate”.

What does tendax mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    slangrisky, edgy

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dit d’une situation complexe, tendue, délicate.

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.

How do you pronounce tendax?

  • /tɑ̃.daks/
  • \tɑ̃.daks\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tendax in French?

tendax appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).