attendraient
Attendraient is the third-person plural form of the French verb attendre in the present conditional (conditionnel présent). It expresses a hypothetical action: they would wait. The form is built from the infinitive attendre with the typical conditional endings for ils/elles (-aient), yielding the spelling attendaient in the conditional sense as a single word.
Usage of attendraient centers on hypothetical or contingent situations, polite or tentative statements, and the outcome
Etymologically, attendraient derives from attendre, itself rooted in the Latin attendere (to stretch toward, await). In
In sum, attendraient marks a hypothetical, conditional waiting by they, and is a standard form for expressing