"tenant" meaning in French

See tenant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tə.nɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-tenant.wav Forms: tenants [plural]
Etymology: Present participle of tenir. From Old French tenant; corresponding to Latin tenentem. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|tenant}} Old French tenant, {{inh|fr|la|tenens|tenentem}} Latin tenentem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tenant m (plural tenants)
  1. advocate, supporter Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-noun-hmizROvC
  2. a single contiguous piece, especially of land Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-noun-ukTlaYc5 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  3. (in the plural) the land adjoining a property along its longer sides Tags: in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-noun-ChnskKY8
  4. (historical) tenant, holder (host of a medieval tournament who took on challengers) Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-noun-gFNj4HKD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 11 8 36 6 29 3
  5. (law, dated) tenant (holder of a lease) Tags: dated, masculine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-noun-mGIm0LHV Topics: law
  6. (heraldry) supporter Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-noun-ggDw3CWh Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tenants et aboutissants, tenants et aboutissements

Verb

IPA: /tə.nɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-tenant.wav
Etymology: Present participle of tenir. From Old French tenant; corresponding to Latin tenentem. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|tenant}} Old French tenant, {{inh|fr|la|tenens|tenentem}} Latin tenentem Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} tenant
  1. present participle of tenir Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: tenir Related terms: lieutenant
    Sense id: en-tenant-fr-verb-yvfxIWcH

Inflected forms

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