"tenero" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɛ.ne.ro/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-tenero.wav Forms: tenera [feminine], teneri [masculine, plural], tenere [feminine, plural], tenerissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnero Etymology: From Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|tener|tenerum}} Latin tenerum, {{der|it|ine-pro|*ten-||to stretch, draw}} Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”) Head templates: {{it-adj|sup=tenerissimo}} tenero (feminine tenera, masculine plural teneri, feminine plural tenere, superlative tenerissimo)
  1. (also figurative) tender, soft; delicate, kind Tags: also, figuratively Synonyms: morbido, molle, delicato, gentile, indulgente, tenue
    Sense id: en-tenero-it-adj-BhOqwPPl Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 62 23 7 7
  2. cute
    Sense id: en-tenero-it-adj-F1UOK7n~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intenerire, teneramente, tenerezza, tenerità, tenerizzatore, tenerone, tenerume

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛ.ne.ro/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-tenero.wav Forms: teneri [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnero Etymology: From Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|tener|tenerum}} Latin tenerum, {{der|it|ine-pro|*ten-||to stretch, draw}} Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} tenero m (plural teneri)
  1. tender part, soft part Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenero-it-noun-dne6im~j
  2. love Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tenero-it-noun-aG90apW2

Inflected forms

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