No. 1,202 in French

tente

Tent.

In a sentence

Nous avons installé une tente au bord du lac.
We set up a tent by the lake.
Here, 'tente' refers to a physical shelter or canopy used for camping.
Elle tente de résoudre le problème depuis ce matin.
She is trying to solve the problem since this morning.
In this sentence, 'tente' is used as a verb (tenter) meaning 'to try'.
La tente rouge est visible à travers les arbres.
The red tent is visible through the trees.
Here, 'tente' again refers to a camping shelter, specifying that it is red.

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