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Noun [English]

Forms: tenours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tenour (plural tenours)
  1. Archaic spelling of tenor. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: tenor
    Sense id: en-tenour-en-noun-gaKC2rzG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 2 3 3 10 1 22 14 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 2 1 1 2 8 1 18 11 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 1 1 1 9 1 21 14 10 11

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /tɛˈnuːr/, /tɛˈniu̯r/, /ˈtɛnur/ Forms: tenours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Latin tenor. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|tenour}} Anglo-Norman tenour, {{der|enm|la|tenor}} Latin tenor Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} tenour, {{enm-noun|tenours}} tenour (plural tenours)
  1. The (primary) intended message or purpose of something
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-fQHf4xTa
  2. The tone or character of something; the tenor of something; the usual mode of life. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-mkCxmHrB Disambiguation of Law: 6 15 14 14 18 5 14 15
  3. The relevant and purposeful content of a directive. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-vBr6TN9X Disambiguation of Law: 6 15 14 14 18 5 14 15
  4. An abstract; a summation of a document or directive. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-T0kgq7Vb Disambiguation of Law: 6 15 14 14 18 5 14 15
  5. (music) The primary musical section (tending to be the tenor) Categories (topical): Music, Law
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-8dwepTdn Disambiguation of Law: 6 15 14 14 18 5 14 15 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 2 3 3 10 1 22 14 12 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  6. (rare) Constancy or permanence of effect or direction. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-Hf0noST2
  7. (music, rare) A pitch as a basis for finding out pitch difference. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Music, Law
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-RpWclQB0 Disambiguation of Law: 6 15 14 14 18 5 14 15 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 2 3 3 10 1 22 14 12 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 4 5 22 2 34 25 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  8. (music, rare) Something's vocal or musical characteristics. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Music, Law
    Sense id: en-tenour-enm-noun-bCUZc-~0 Disambiguation of Law: 6 15 14 14 18 5 14 15 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 2 3 3 10 1 22 14 12 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tenor, tenoure, tenure, tenur, tenowr, teneur, teneure

Noun [Old French]

Forms: tenour oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], tenours [oblique, plural], tenours [nominative, singular], tenour [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} tenour oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenours, nominative singular tenours, nominative plural tenour)
  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tenor (possessor) Tags: Anglo-Norman, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tenor (extra: possessor)
    Sense id: en-tenour-fro-noun-yBZQvedX Categories (other): Anglo-Norman, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 2 3 3 10 1 22 14 12 11

Noun [Old French]

Forms: tenour oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], tenours [oblique, plural], tenour [nominative, singular], tenours [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} tenour oblique singular, f (oblique plural tenours, nominative singular tenour, nominative plural tenours)
  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of teneure (tenure) Tags: Anglo-Norman, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: teneure (extra: tenure)
    Sense id: en-tenour-fro-noun-Oms~fjEd Categories (other): Anglo-Norman, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 2 3 3 10 1 22 14 12 11

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Mr. Gooch was so far moved from the even tenour, to buy—first a pocket-book, containing a small view of Rotheles Castle, at the top of a neatly-ruled page for memoranda; and, secondly, a number of a work, illustrating the principal gentlemen's seats in England, and containing a large view of the said castle.",
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          "ref": "1790, Adam Smith, “Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility Bestows upon the Charactes and Actions of Men; […]”, in The Theory of Moral Sentiments; […] In Two Volumes, 6th edition, volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell […]; Edinburgh: W[illiam] Creech, and J. Bell & Co., →OCLC, part IV, page 481:",
          "text": "It is the conſciouſneſs of this merited approbation and eſteem which is alone capable of ſupporting the agent in this tenour of conduct.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 181:",
          "text": "Mr. Gooch was so far moved from the even tenour, to buy—first a pocket-book, containing a small view of Rotheles Castle, at the top of a neatly-ruled page for memoranda; and, secondly, a number of a work, illustrating the principal gentlemen's seats in England, and containing a large view of the said castle.",
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        "Archaic spelling of tenor."
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        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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        "The (primary) intended message or purpose of something"
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        "The tone or character of something; the tenor of something; the usual mode of life."
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        "The relevant and purposeful content of a directive."
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        "(music) The primary musical section (tending to be the tenor)"
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        "music"
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        "Constancy or permanence of effect or direction."
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        "(rare) Constancy or permanence of effect or direction."
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        "A pitch as a basis for finding out pitch difference."
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        "(music, rare) A pitch as a basis for finding out pitch difference."
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        "Something's vocal or musical characteristics."
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        "(music, rare) Something's vocal or musical characteristics."
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      "ipa": "/tɛˈnuːr/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tɛˈniu̯r/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɛnur/"
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      "word": "tenor"
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      "word": "tenure"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenur"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenowr"
    },
    {
      "word": "teneur"
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    {
      "word": "teneure"
    }
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}

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}

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