French Word of the Day
attendre
/at-ten-DRE/ • verb — 8th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to wait (for); to expect
Examples
- Je t'attends devant le café.
(I'll wait for you in front of the café.) - Attends une minute, s'il te plaît.
(Wait a minute, please.) - Nous attendons le bus depuis dix minutes.
(We've been waiting for the bus for ten minutes.)
Synonyms
- patienter
- guetter
Attendre is used both for physically waiting (attendre quelqu'un/quelque chose) and, in its reflexive form s'attendre à, to mean 'to expect.' It commonly takes a direct object (J'attends Paul) and can be used with expressions of duration (attendre depuis...).
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