Dictionary
tenir
Meaning
- to have; to hold
- to keep
- to stay; to hold
- to hold on
- to hold oneself, to be standing
- to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition
- to behave
- to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to
- to consider something as
- to support someone
- to hold against, to defend against something
- (slang) to hang out
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tə.niʁ/
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