tendron
French, noun/tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
tendron is spelled T-E-N-D-R-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tendron is a French masculine noun meaning “gristle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bourgeon, rejeton tendre de quelques arbres, de quelques plantes”.
What does tendron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegristle
- 2
masculinetendril, young shoot
- 3
masculinelass
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bourgeon, rejeton tendre de quelques arbres, de quelques plantes. 2. Très jeune fille. 3. Cartilage tendre à l’extrémité des os de la poitrine de quelques animaux, et morceau contenant ce cartilage.
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 tendron
- tendrons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tendron?
- /tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
- \tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tendron in French?
tendron appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).