"tenon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tenons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnən Etymology: From Middle English tenoun, tenown, tenon, from Anglo-Norman tenoun, from Old French tenon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tenoun}} Middle English tenoun, {{m|enm|tenown}} tenown, {{m|enm|tenon}} tenon, {{der|en|xno|tenoun}} Anglo-Norman tenoun, {{der|en|fro|tenon}} Old French tenon Head templates: {{en-noun}} tenon (plural tenons)
  1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. Derived forms: tenon saw Related terms: mortise-and-tenon joint Translations (projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it): шип (šip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), цапфа (capfa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 榫頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 榫头 (sǔntou) (Chinese Mandarin), 凸榫 (tūsǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), 接榫 (jiēsǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), čep [masculine] (Czech), tappi (Finnish), vaarna (Finnish), tenon [masculine] (French), Zapfen [masculine] (German), μόρσο (mórso) [neuter] (Greek), סִין (sin) [masculine] (Hebrew), שֵׁן (shen) [feminine] (Hebrew), ほぞ (hozo) (Japanese), arero (Maori), زوانه (zıvana) (Ottoman Turkish), ца́пфа (cápfa) [feminine] (Russian), шип (šip) [masculine] (Russian), вту́лка (vtúlka) [feminine] (Russian), tapp [common-gender] (Swedish), spont [common-gender] (Swedish), zıvana (Turkish), tyno [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tenon-en-noun-unxPsSZH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 53 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 2 15 15 1 1

Verb [English]

Forms: tenons [present, singular, third-person], tenoning [participle, present], tenoned [participle, past], tenoned [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnən Etymology: From Middle English tenoun, tenown, tenon, from Anglo-Norman tenoun, from Old French tenon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tenoun}} Middle English tenoun, {{m|enm|tenown}} tenown, {{m|enm|tenon}} tenon, {{der|en|xno|tenoun}} Anglo-Norman tenoun, {{der|en|fro|tenon}} Old French tenon Head templates: {{en-verb}} tenon (third-person singular simple present tenons, present participle tenoning, simple past and past participle tenoned)
  1. (transitive) To make into a tenon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tenon-en-verb-RjXA0m7v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 53 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 2 15 15 1 1
  2. (transitive) To fit with tenons. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tenon-en-verb-pZb99BrS

Noun [French]

IPA: /tə.nɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tenon.wav Forms: tenons [plural]
Etymology: From ten(ir) + -on. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|tenir|-on|alt1=ten(ir)}} ten(ir) + -on Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tenon m (plural tenons)
  1. tenon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenon-fr-noun-S515P48w Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -on, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 2 15 15 1 1

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈte.noːn/ [Classical], [ˈt̪ɛnoːn] [Classical], /ˈte.non/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛːnon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn). Doublet of tendō, a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|τένων}} Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn), {{doublet|la|tendō|id1=tendon}} Doublet of tendō Head templates: {{la-noun|tenōn/tenont<3>|g=m}} tenōn m (genitive tenontis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tenōn/tenont<3>}} Forms: tenōn [canonical, masculine], tenontis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tenōn [nominative, singular], tenontēs [nominative, plural], tenontis [genitive, singular], tenontum [genitive, plural], tenontī [dative, singular], tenontibus [dative, plural], tenontem [accusative, singular], tenontēs [accusative, plural], tenonte [ablative, singular], tenontibus [ablative, plural], tenōn [singular, vocative], tenontēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) A tendon, nerve Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-tenon-la-noun-NjnHxCzX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 2 15 15 1 1 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tenon. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|frm|tenon}} Middle French tenon Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} tenon
  1. Alternative form of tenoun Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tenoun
    Sense id: en-tenon-enm-noun-Zi6I9paR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tenōn. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|tenōn}} Latin tenōn Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} tenon
  1. Alternative form of thenoun Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: thenoun
    Sense id: en-tenon-enm-noun-zvKnILGv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "A tendon, nerve"
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/ˈte.noːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.non/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnon]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenon"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Middle French"
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French tenon.",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "tenoun"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of tenoun"
      ],
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        [
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          "tenoun#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative"
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    }
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
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    "Middle English terms derived from Latin"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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      ],
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        "alternative"
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  "word": "tenon"
}

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