il détendit

relaxed, loosened

→ détendre
dé undo, remove, or reverse + tend to set (a trap) + it 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #50,728
relaxed, loosened A literary past-tense form.
FR: Après quelques minutes, son corps se détendit.
EN: After a few minutes, his body relaxed.
Conjugation of détendre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third détendit —

Soudain, tout le monde se détendit.

Suddenly, everyone relaxed.

L'escargot détendit ses cornes.

The snail relaxed its feelers.

Son sourire me détendit.

His smile relaxed me.

Puis il soupira, et son corps se détendit.

Then he sighed, and his body relaxed.

— Senna (2010)