See tener in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "tenellulus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "tenerāscō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "teneritās"
}
],
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"descendants": [
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"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"word": "téneru"
},
{
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"word": "ténneru"
}
],
"lang": "Insular Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
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{
"lang": "Aromanian",
"lang_code": "rup",
"word": "tinir, tiniru"
},
{
"lang": "Aromanian",
"lang_code": "rup",
"word": "tinãr"
},
{
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"lang_code": "ruo",
"word": "tiner"
},
{
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"lang_code": "ruq",
"word": "tinir"
},
{
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"word": "tânăr"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
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"lang_code": "it",
"word": "tenero"
},
{
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"lang_code": "nap",
"word": "tiénnero"
},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"word": "tènniru"
},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"word": "tènnuru"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "tènaro"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "tèndro"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "tènero"
}
],
"lang": "Italo-Dalmatian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
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{
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"word": "tenar"
},
{
"lang": "Ladin",
"lang_code": "lld",
"word": "tender"
},
{
"lang": "Ladin",
"lang_code": "lld",
"word": "tënder"
},
{
"lang": "Romansh",
"lang_code": "rm",
"word": "tener"
},
{
"lang": "Romansh",
"lang_code": "rm",
"word": "tegnair"
}
],
"lang": "Rhaeto-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Ligurian",
"lang_code": "lij",
"word": "tégno"
},
{
"lang": "Ligurian",
"lang_code": "lij",
"word": "ténio"
},
{
"lang": "Lombard",
"lang_code": "lmo",
"word": "tender"
},
{
"lang": "Lombard",
"lang_code": "lmo",
"word": "tendro"
},
{
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"word": "tënner"
},
{
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"word": "tenre"
},
{
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"word": "tenr"
}
],
"lang": "Gallo-Italic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Franco-Provençal",
"lang_code": "frp",
"word": "tendro"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "tendre"
},
{
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{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "tender"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "tender"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"word": "tendre"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"word": "tendre"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Gascon",
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"word": "tenhèr"
},
{
"lang": "Gascon",
"lang_code": "oc-gas",
"word": "trende"
},
{
"lang": "Languedocien",
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}
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"word": "tendre"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"word": "tienru"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"word": "tenro"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "terno"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "tenro"
}
],
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"lang_code": "roa-opt",
"word": "terno"
},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "tierno"
}
],
"lang": "Ibero-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
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{
"lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
"lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "*tɨner"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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[
"*ten-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ten-"
],
[
"τείνω",
"τείνω#Ancient_Greek"
],
[
"तनोति",
"तनोति#Sanskrit"
],
[
"þennan",
"þennan#Old_English"
],
[
"*ter-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ter-#Proto-Indo-European:_tender"
],
[
"terenum",
"terenum#Sabine"
],
[
"τέρην",
"τέρην#Ancient_Greek"
],
[
"թոռն",
"թոռն#Old_Armenian"
],
[
"թարմ",
"թարմ#Middle_Armenian"
],
[
"तरुण",
"तरुण#Sanskrit"
],
[
"तर्ण",
"तर्ण#Sanskrit"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ter-",
"id": "tender"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Disputed"
},
"expansion": "Disputed",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ten-",
"4": "",
"5": "to stretch, draw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "τείνω"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तनोति",
"tr": "tanóti"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "þennan"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ter-",
"4": "",
"5": "soft, weak, tender; young, small",
"id": "tender"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, weak, tender; young, small”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*terenos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *terenos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sbv",
"2": "terenum",
"3": "",
"4": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Sabine terenum (“soft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc-epc",
"2": "τέρην",
"3": "",
"4": "soft, gentle"
},
"expansion": "Epic Greek τέρην (térēn, “soft, gentle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "թոռն",
"3": "",
"4": "grandchild"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian թոռն (tʻoṙn, “grandchild”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "axm",
"2": "թարմ",
"3": "",
"4": "fresh"
},
"expansion": "Middle Armenian թարմ (tʻarm, “fresh”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तरुण",
"t": "young, tender, juvenile",
"tr": "táruṇa"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, tender, juvenile”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Disputed; either:\n* From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Cognates would include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.\n* Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, weak, tender; young, small”) with dissimilation or metathesis: according to M. de Vaan, from Proto-Italic *terenos along with Sabine terenum (“soft”). Further cognates would include Epic Greek τέρην (térēn, “soft, gentle”), Old Armenian թոռն (tʻoṙn, “grandchild”), Middle Armenian թարմ (tʻarm, “fresh”) and Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, tender, juvenile”), तर्ण (tárṇa, “calf”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tenera",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerior",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerrimus",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerē",
"links": [
[
"tenerē",
"tenere"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "in -er",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tener",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerōrum",
"links": [
[
"tenerōrum",
"tenerorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerārum",
"links": [
[
"tenerārum",
"tenerarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerōrum",
"links": [
[
"tenerōrum",
"tenerorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
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"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerīs",
"links": [
[
"tenerīs",
"teneris#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "teneram",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerōs",
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[
"tenerōs",
"teneros#Latin"
]
],
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"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerās",
"links": [
[
"tenerās",
"teneras#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerā",
"links": [
[
"tenerā",
"tenera#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerīs",
"links": [
[
"tenerīs",
"teneris#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tener",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "tener",
"adv": "tenerē",
"comp": "tenerior",
"sup": "tenerrimus"
},
"expansion": "tener (feminine tenera, neuter tenerum, comparative tenerior, superlative tenerrimus, adverb tenerē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "tener"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"glosses": [
"soft, delicate, tender"
],
"id": "en-tener-la-adj-7LBhMNAs",
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[
"soft",
"soft"
],
[
"delicate",
"delicate"
],
[
"tender",
"tender"
]
],
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"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"young, youthful"
],
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[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"youthful",
"youthful"
]
],
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"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 9 65 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 19 38 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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"effeminate, sensitive"
],
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[
"effeminate",
"effeminate"
],
[
"sensitive",
"sensitive"
]
],
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"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"erotic"
],
"id": "en-tener-la-adj-o2hgZRSV",
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[
"erotic",
"erotic"
]
],
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"(poetic) erotic"
],
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"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɛ.nɛr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɛː.ner]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tener"
}
{
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"Latin adjectives",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin first and second declension adjectives",
"Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ter- (tender)",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 13 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "tenellulus"
},
{
"word": "tenerāscō"
},
{
"word": "tenerē"
},
{
"word": "teneritās"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"word": "téneru"
},
{
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"word": "ténneru"
}
],
"lang": "Insular Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Aromanian",
"lang_code": "rup",
"word": "tinir, tiniru"
},
{
"lang": "Aromanian",
"lang_code": "rup",
"word": "tinãr"
},
{
"lang": "Istro-Romanian",
"lang_code": "ruo",
"word": "tiner"
},
{
"lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
"lang_code": "ruq",
"word": "tinir"
},
{
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"word": "tânăr"
}
],
"lang": "Balkano-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "tenero"
},
{
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"lang_code": "nap",
"word": "tiénnero"
},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"word": "tènniru"
},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"word": "tènnuru"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "tènaro"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "tèndro"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "tènero"
}
],
"lang": "Italo-Dalmatian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"word": "tenar"
},
{
"lang": "Ladin",
"lang_code": "lld",
"word": "tender"
},
{
"lang": "Ladin",
"lang_code": "lld",
"word": "tënder"
},
{
"lang": "Romansh",
"lang_code": "rm",
"word": "tener"
},
{
"lang": "Romansh",
"lang_code": "rm",
"word": "tegnair"
}
],
"lang": "Rhaeto-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Ligurian",
"lang_code": "lij",
"word": "tégno"
},
{
"lang": "Ligurian",
"lang_code": "lij",
"word": "ténio"
},
{
"lang": "Lombard",
"lang_code": "lmo",
"word": "tender"
},
{
"lang": "Lombard",
"lang_code": "lmo",
"word": "tendro"
},
{
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"word": "tënner"
},
{
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"word": "tenre"
},
{
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"word": "tenr"
}
],
"lang": "Gallo-Italic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Franco-Provençal",
"lang_code": "frp",
"word": "tendro"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "tendre"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "tender"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "tender"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"word": "tendre"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Gallo-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"word": "tendre"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Gascon",
"lang_code": "oc-gas",
"word": "tenhèr"
},
{
"lang": "Gascon",
"lang_code": "oc-gas",
"word": "trende"
},
{
"lang": "Languedocien",
"lang_code": "oc-lan",
"word": "tenre"
}
],
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"word": "tendre"
}
],
"lang": "Southern Gallo-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"word": "tienru"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"word": "tenro"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "terno"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "tenro"
}
],
"lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
"lang_code": "roa-opt",
"word": "terno"
},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "tierno"
}
],
"lang": "Ibero-Romance",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
"lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "*tɨner"
}
],
"lang": "Borrowings",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*ten-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ten-"
],
[
"τείνω",
"τείνω#Ancient_Greek"
],
[
"तनोति",
"तनोति#Sanskrit"
],
[
"þennan",
"þennan#Old_English"
],
[
"*ter-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ter-#Proto-Indo-European:_tender"
],
[
"terenum",
"terenum#Sabine"
],
[
"τέρην",
"τέρην#Ancient_Greek"
],
[
"թոռն",
"թոռն#Old_Armenian"
],
[
"թարմ",
"թարմ#Middle_Armenian"
],
[
"तरुण",
"तरुण#Sanskrit"
],
[
"तर्ण",
"तर्ण#Sanskrit"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ter-",
"id": "tender"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Disputed"
},
"expansion": "Disputed",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ten-",
"4": "",
"5": "to stretch, draw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "τείνω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तनोति",
"tr": "tanóti"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "þennan"
},
"expansion": "Old English þennan",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ter-",
"4": "",
"5": "soft, weak, tender; young, small",
"id": "tender"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, weak, tender; young, small”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*terenos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *terenos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sbv",
"2": "terenum",
"3": "",
"4": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Sabine terenum (“soft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc-epc",
"2": "τέρην",
"3": "",
"4": "soft, gentle"
},
"expansion": "Epic Greek τέρην (térēn, “soft, gentle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "թոռն",
"3": "",
"4": "grandchild"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian թոռն (tʻoṙn, “grandchild”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "axm",
"2": "թարմ",
"3": "",
"4": "fresh"
},
"expansion": "Middle Armenian թարմ (tʻarm, “fresh”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तरुण",
"t": "young, tender, juvenile",
"tr": "táruṇa"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, tender, juvenile”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Disputed; either:\n* From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Cognates would include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.\n* Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, weak, tender; young, small”) with dissimilation or metathesis: according to M. de Vaan, from Proto-Italic *terenos along with Sabine terenum (“soft”). Further cognates would include Epic Greek τέρην (térēn, “soft, gentle”), Old Armenian թոռն (tʻoṙn, “grandchild”), Middle Armenian թարմ (tʻarm, “fresh”) and Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, tender, juvenile”), तर्ण (tárṇa, “calf”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tenera",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerior",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerrimus",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerē",
"links": [
[
"tenerē",
"tenere"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "in -er",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tener",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerōrum",
"links": [
[
"tenerōrum",
"tenerorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerārum",
"links": [
[
"tenerārum",
"tenerarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerōrum",
"links": [
[
"tenerōrum",
"tenerorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerīs",
"links": [
[
"tenerīs",
"teneris#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "teneram",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerōs",
"links": [
[
"tenerōs",
"teneros#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerās",
"links": [
[
"tenerās",
"teneras#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerā",
"links": [
[
"tenerā",
"tenera#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerō",
"links": [
[
"tenerō",
"tenero#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerīs",
"links": [
[
"tenerīs",
"teneris#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tener",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerī",
"links": [
[
"tenerī",
"teneri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenerae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tener",
"adv": "tenerē",
"comp": "tenerior",
"sup": "tenerrimus"
},
"expansion": "tener (feminine tenera, neuter tenerum, comparative tenerior, superlative tenerrimus, adverb tenerē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tener"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"soft, delicate, tender"
],
"links": [
[
"soft",
"soft"
],
[
"delicate",
"delicate"
],
[
"tender",
"tender"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"young, youthful"
],
"links": [
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"youthful",
"youthful"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"effeminate, sensitive"
],
"links": [
[
"effeminate",
"effeminate"
],
[
"sensitive",
"sensitive"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin poetic terms"
],
"glosses": [
"erotic"
],
"links": [
[
"erotic",
"erotic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) erotic"
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɛ.nɛr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɛː.ner]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tener"
}
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