tiendrait

Tiendrait is a French verb form: it is the third-person singular of tenir in the present conditional (il tiendrait, elle tiendrait, on tiendrait). The present conditional is used to express hypothetical situations, polite requests, or conjecture about what would happen under certain conditions. From tenir, tiendrait carries senses related to holding, containing, lasting, or sustaining, depending on the object of the action.

Conjugation context: tiendrait appears only in singular third-person form within the conditional paradigm. The full conditional conjugation for tenir is: je tiendrais, tu tiendrais, il tiendrait, nous tiendrions, vous tiendriez, ils tiendraient. The form tiendrait may occur in sentences with si clauses or in hypothetical statements about a subject.

Typical meanings and usage include:

- to hold physically: Il tiendrait le livre sans problème. (He would hold the book without a problem.)

- to contain or accommodate: Cette boîte tiendrait tout ce que vous y mettriez. (This box would hold everything you put in it.)

- to last or endure: Cela tiendrait le coup. (That would hold up/That would withstand it.)

- to maintain or keep in a state: Si personne n’agit, cela tiendrait mal. (If no one acts, that would be hard to maintain.)

Etymology and related forms: tenir comes from Latin tenere, with several related French verbs and expressions, such as maintenir, soutenir, or retenir, all sharing the core notion of keeping or holding.

In usage, tiendrait is a standard, neutral form found in literary, journalistic, and spoken French when describing hypothetical outcomes or polite hypothetical statements.