"tenaca" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Esperanto]

IPA: /teˈnat͡sa/ Forms: tenacan [accusative, singular], tenacaj [plural], tenacajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -at͡sa Etymology: From Italian and French tenace, English tenacious, all from Latin tenax. First attested in Butin-Sommer's Wörterbuch Esperanto-Deutsch (1952). Etymology templates: {{der|eo|it|-}} Italian, {{der|eo|fr|tenace}} French tenace, {{der|eo|en|tenacious}} English tenacious, {{der|eo|la|tenax}} Latin tenax Head templates: {{eo-head}} tenaca (accusative singular tenacan, plural tenacaj, accusative plural tenacajn)
  1. tenacious Wikipedia link: eo:Max Butin
    Sense id: en-tenaca-eo-adj-wa4NJ5i~ Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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