ils attendirent

waited, waited for

→ attendre
attend to wait + irent 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #48,793
waited, waited for A literary past-tense form, used mainly in writing and storytelling.
FR: Ils attendirent le bus.
EN: They waited for the bus.
Conjugation of attendre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third attendit attendirent

Toutes les autres attendirent.

All the others waited.

Ils l'attendirent pendant des heures.

They waited for him for hours.

Tous les autres attendirent.

Everyone else waited.

Mr. Fogg et ses compagnons attendirent la nuit.

Mr. Fogg and his companions waited until nightfall.