Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

tenderness

UK /ˈtɛn.də.nɪs/ · US /ˈtɛn.dɚ.nɪs/ noun

Forms tendernesses tendernesse

noun Quality, state or condition of being tender. “He picked her up in his arms with great tenderness.”
noun A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings. “When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.”
noun A concern for the feelings or welfare of others. “When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.”
noun (medicine, pathology) A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched. “He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.”

Synonyms

From tender + -ness.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tenderness”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “tenderness” (best matches first).

अनुक्रोश anu-krośa tenderness, compassion.
कारुण्य kāruṇya compassion, tenderness, kindness.
म्रदिमन् mradiman softness, tenderness, mildness, gentleness.
कृपा kṛpā pity, tenderness, compassion; name of a river.
सौकुमार्य saukumārya youthfulness, tenderness, delicacy; softness, fineness.
शूकक śūkaka barley or a bearded kind of wheat resembling barley; the sentiment of compassion or tenderness.
स्नैग्ध्य snaigdhya unctuousness, oiliness, smoothness, lubricity, blandness; tenderness, fondness; affectionateness.
वात्सल्य vātsalya affection or tenderness towards offspring, affection or love in general; fondness, fond or foolish partiality.