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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛnɪmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tenement.wav Forms: tenements [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tenement}} Middle English tenement, {{der|en|xno|tenement|t=holding}} Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), {{der|en|fro|tenement}} Old French tenement, {{der|en|ML.|tenimentum}} Medieval Latin tenimentum, {{der|en|la|teneō|t=hold}} Latin teneō (“hold”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tenement (plural tenements)
  1. A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one. Synonyms (building): tenement house, apartment building Translations (a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one): συνοικία (sunoikía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), huurkazerne [feminine] (Dutch), flatgebouw [neuter] (Dutch), vuokra-asunto (Finnish), vuokratalo (Finnish), appartement [masculine] (French), logement [masculine] (French), Mietskaserne [feminine] (German), Wohnungsblock [masculine] (German), bérház (Hungarian), tionontán [masculine] (Irish), casamento [masculine] (Italian), condominio [masculine] (Italian), case popolari [feminine, plural] (Italian), casermone [masculine] (Italian), insula [feminine] (Latin), kamienica czynszowa [feminine] (Polish), czynszówka [feminine] (Polish), cortiço [masculine] (Portuguese), casa de vecindad [feminine] (Spanish), vecindad [feminine] (Spanish), bloque de viviendas [masculine] (Spanish), inquilinato (Spanish), solar [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), conventillo [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (law) Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned. Categories (topical): Law Translations (any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned): verpachting (Dutch), Mietshaus (German), bérlet (Hungarian), bérlemény (Hungarian), bérlakás (Hungarian), tionóntán [masculine] (Irish), арендованное иму́щество (arendovannoje imúščestvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tenement-en-noun-Qj0X-9GI Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 45 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 46 7 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned': 2 97 1
  3. (figurative) A dwelling; abode; habitation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tenement-en-noun-VyZxDC11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: servient tenement, tenemental Related terms: rooming house

Noun [Occitan]

Forms: tenements [plural]
Etymology: First attested in the 13th century, From Old Occitan [Term?], from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”). Etymology templates: {{inh|oc|pro|}} Old Occitan [Term?], {{der|oc|ML.|tenimentum}} Medieval Latin tenimentum, {{der|oc|la|teneō|t=hold}} Latin teneō (“hold”) Head templates: {{head|oc|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} tenement m, {{oc-noun|m}} tenement m (plural tenements)
  1. (Feudalism) a rural domain, manor, holdings (land) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenement-oc-noun-8ZNt8WKo Categories (other): Occitan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old French]

Forms: tenement oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], tenemenz [oblique, plural], tenementz [oblique, plural], tenemenz [nominative, singular], tenementz [nominative, singular], tenement [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin verb teneō. See the verb tenir. Etymology templates: {{uder|fro|ML.|tenementum}} Medieval Latin tenementum, {{uder|fro|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} tenement oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenemenz or tenementz, nominative singular tenemenz or tenementz, nominative plural tenement)
  1. holding (of land)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "tenement oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenemenz",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenementz",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenemenz",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenementz",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenement",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tenement oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenemenz or tenementz, nominative singular tenemenz or tenementz, nominative plural tenement)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "Old French undefined derivations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "holding (of land)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "holding",
          "holding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenement"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'tenement oblique singular or', originally 'tenement oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "tenement"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tenement",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'tenement oblique singular or', originally 'tenement oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "tenement"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tenement",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'tenement oblique singular or' in 'tenement oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenemenz or tenementz, nominative singular tenemenz or tenementz, nominative plural tenement)'",
  "path": [
    "tenement"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tenement",
  "trace": ""
}

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