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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛnɪt/, /ˈtɛnət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tenet.wav Forms: tenets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{bor+|en|la|tenet|t=he, she, or it holds}} Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tenet (plural tenets)
  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. Translations (an opinion, belief or principle): до́гмат (dóhmat) [masculine] (Belarusian), дактры́на (daktrýna) [feminine] (Belarusian), пры́нцып (prýncyp) [masculine] (Belarusian), до́гма (dógma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dogma [masculine] (Catalan), opinió [feminine] (Catalan), creença [feminine] (Catalan), principi [masculine] (Catalan), 原理 (yuánlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 信條 (Chinese Mandarin), 信条 (xìntiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), princip [masculine] (Czech), dogma [neuter] (Czech), zásada [feminine] (Czech), krédo [neuter] (Czech), dogme [neuter] (Danish), princip [neuter] (Danish), dogma (Dutch), grondregel (Dutch), overtuiging (Dutch), stelling (Dutch), dogmo (Esperanto), dogmi (Finnish), opinkappale (Finnish), periaate (Finnish), principe [masculine] (French), croyance [feminine] (French), dogme [masculine] (French), principio [masculine] (Galician), Dogma [neuter] (German), Grundsatz [masculine] (German), Glaubenssatz [masculine] (German), Theorem [neuter] (German), Grundregel [feminine] (German), δόγμα (dógma) [neuter] (Greek), elv (Hungarian), nézet (Hungarian), principio [masculine] (Italian), fondamento [masculine] (Italian), cardine [masculine] (Italian), 原則 (gensoku) (alt: げんそく) (Japanese), 原理 (genri) (alt: げんり) (Japanese), қағида (qağida) (Kazakh), қағидат (qağidat) (Kazakh), 원리 (wolli) (alt: 原理) (Korean), 원칙 (wonchik) (alt: 原則) (Korean), rukun (Malay), kepercayaan (Malay), grunnsetning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dogme [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnsetning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dogme [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اَصْل (asl) (Persian), zasada [feminine] (Polish), dogmat [masculine] (Polish), dogma [masculine] (Portuguese), до́гмат (dógmat) [masculine] (Russian), доктри́на (doktrína) [feminine] (Russian), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Russian), creencia [feminine] (Spanish), principio [masculine] (Spanish), dogma [masculine] (Spanish), grundsats [common-gender] (Swedish), dogm [common-gender] (Swedish), turo (Tagalog), düstur (Turkish), ilke (Turkish), prensip (Turkish), до́гмат (dóhmat) [masculine] (Ukrainian), доктри́на (doktrýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), при́нцип (prýncyp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nguyên lý (Vietnamese), nguyên lí (alt: 原理) (Vietnamese), nguyên tắc (alt: 原則) (Vietnamese)

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} tenet
  1. third-person singular present active indicative of teneō Tags: active, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: teneō
    Sense id: en-tenet-la-verb-RcX7Yk26 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доктри́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prýncyp",
      "sense": "an opinion, belief or principle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́нцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an opinion, belief or principle",
      "word": "nguyên lý"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原理",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an opinion, belief or principle",
      "word": "nguyên lí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原則",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an opinion, belief or principle",
      "word": "nguyên tắc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenet"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tenet",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin palindromes",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "teneō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present active indicative of teneō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teneō",
          "teneo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenet"
}

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