tinde

tinde

1. summit, peak; the highest part of a mountain

From Early Medieval Latin or Late Latin tenda, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, substantivized feminine of *tenditus, as a variant form of tentus, perfect passive participle of Latin tendō. Compare Italian tenda, Portuguese tenda, Spanish tienda, French tente, Romanian tindă.

tinde f (plural tindis)

1. tent
2. curtain

• tindi

Inherited from Latin tendere, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

a tinde (third-person singular present tinde, past participle tins, third-person subjunctive tindă) 3rd conjugation

1. (dated) to stretch, extend

   Synonym: întinde

2. to aspire to, strive for

   Synonyms: aspira, năzui

3. to tend to, incline towards

   Synonyms: apleca, înclina

• tindere

• întinde
• extinde
• tindă
• tindeche