"tenuis" meaning in English

See tenuis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛnuːɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛnjuɪs/ [General-American], /ˈtɛnuɪs/ [General-American]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|tenuis||thin, fine; weak}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”), {{doublet|en|thin}} Doublet of thin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tenuis (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k] Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-tenuis-en-adj-a7QQ5Ikf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 41 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 32 16 0 4 6 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 34 15 0 4 5 1 0 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-tenuis-en-adj-rMjxH6J~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 41 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 34 15 0 4 5 1 0 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛnuːɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛnjuɪs/ [General-American], /ˈtɛnuɪs/ [General-American] Forms: tenues [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|tenuis||thin, fine; weak}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”), {{doublet|en|thin}} Doublet of thin Head templates: {{en-noun|tenues}} tenuis (plural tenues)
  1. (linguistics) A tenuis consonant. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-tenuis-en-noun-96jekKmF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 41 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 34 15 0 4 5 1 0 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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