How to pronounce tendril
American English pronunciation
TEN-drul
- IPA
- /ˈtɛndɹəl/
- Syllables
- TEN · drul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tendril means
A thin curling thread a climbing plant uses to hold on
In a sentence: The pea plant wrapped its tendrils around the garden fence.
Where it comes from: It comes from a French word for a young shoot or bud. That word perhaps comes from the French word for soft.
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