"tenuto" meaning in English

See tenuto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tenuto. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:tenuto|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "tenuto", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tenuto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tenuto"> Borrowed from Italian tenuto. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tenuto (not comparable)
  1. (music, of a passage) Having this tempo mark. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tenuto-en-adj-FDr5MNtN Categories (other): Music, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 44 15 28 13 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 43 16 28 13 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 44 15 28 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 14 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 41 17 28 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 31 12 20 10 0 0 1 14 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 11 20 9 0 0 1 15 10 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 41 17 27 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Adverb

Forms: more tenuto [comparative], most tenuto [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tenuto. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:tenuto|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "tenuto", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tenuto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tenuto"> Borrowed from Italian tenuto. Head templates: {{en-adv}} tenuto (comparative more tenuto, superlative most tenuto)
  1. (music) In a sustained manner
    Sense id: en-tenuto-en-adv-r8-o8Bb6 Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Noun

Forms: tenutos [plural], tenuti [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tenuto. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:tenuto|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "tenuto", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tenuto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tenuto"> Borrowed from Italian tenuto. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tenuti}} tenuto (plural tenutos or tenuti)
  1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time
    Sense id: en-tenuto-en-noun-BI0nKpqO Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) A passage having this mark
    Sense id: en-tenuto-en-noun-Fn2hWwkE Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "it:tenuto",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tenuto\">\nBorrowed from Italian tenuto.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian tenuto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenutos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "tenuti"
      },
      "expansion": "tenuto (plural tenutos or tenuti)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time"
      ],
      "id": "en-tenuto-en-noun-BI0nKpqO",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tempo mark",
          "tempo mark"
        ],
        [
          "held",
          "held"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A passage having this mark"
      ],
      "id": "en-tenuto-en-noun-Fn2hWwkE",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A passage having this mark"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuto"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "it:tenuto",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tenuto\">\nBorrowed from Italian tenuto.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian tenuto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more tenuto",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most tenuto",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tenuto (comparative more tenuto, superlative most tenuto)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a sustained manner"
      ],
      "id": "en-tenuto-en-adv-r8-o8Bb6",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "sustained",
          "sustained"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) In a sustained manner"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuto"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "it:tenuto",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tenuto\">\nBorrowed from Italian tenuto.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian tenuto.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tenuto (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 15 28 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 16 28 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 15 28 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 14 30 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 17 28 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 12 20 10 0 0 1 14 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 11 20 9 0 0 1 15 10 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 17 27 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having this tempo mark."
      ],
      "id": "en-tenuto-en-adj-FDr5MNtN",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music, of a passage) Having this tempo mark."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a passage"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuto"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "it:tenuto",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tenuto\">\nBorrowed from Italian tenuto.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian tenuto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenutos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "tenuti"
      },
      "expansion": "tenuto (plural tenutos or tenuti)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tempo mark",
          "tempo mark"
        ],
        [
          "held",
          "held"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A passage having this mark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A passage having this mark"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "it:tenuto",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tenuto\">\nBorrowed from Italian tenuto.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian tenuto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more tenuto",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most tenuto",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tenuto (comparative more tenuto, superlative most tenuto)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a sustained manner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "sustained",
          "sustained"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) In a sustained manner"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "it:tenuto",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tenuto\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tenuto\">\nBorrowed from Italian tenuto.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian tenuto.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tenuto (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having this tempo mark."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music, of a passage) Having this tempo mark."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a passage"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuto"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tenuto meaning in English (5.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.