tenir à

Meaning

  1. to be attached to; to be joined to (literally, physically)
  2. to be attached to (figuratively, emotionally), to like, to be fond of
  3. to wish, to want, would like
  4. to insist on
  5. to derive from; to be born of; to be the result of (of abstracts)
  6. (impersonal) be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on (to be contingent on)
  7. (pronominal) (of persons) to stick to/with/within, to keep to, to limit oneself to, to be content with; (of abstracts) to stay in bounds of, to keep to

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tə.ni.ʁ‿a/

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