"tenor" meaning in Latin

See tenor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈte.nor/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɛnɔr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈte.nor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛːnor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: teneō (“to hold”) + -or (“abstract noun suffix”) Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{af|la|teneō|-or|t1=to hold|t2=abstract noun suffix}} teneō (“to hold”) + -or (“abstract noun suffix”) Head templates: {{la-noun|tenor<3>}} tenor m (genitive tenōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tenor<3>}} Forms: tenōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tenor [nominative, singular], tenōrēs [nominative, plural], tenōris [genitive, singular], tenōrum [genitive, plural], tenōrī [dative, singular], tenōribus [dative, plural], tenōrem [accusative, singular], tenōrēs [accusative, plural], tenōre [ablative, singular], tenōribus [ablative, plural], tenor [singular, vocative], tenōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-tenor-la-noun-W1Qkl4qq Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 44 12 3 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -or: 35 37 23 6
  2. a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning) Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-tenor-la-noun-R7B-xtZ~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 44 12 3 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 22 35 23 20 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -or: 35 37 23 6
  3. a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice) Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-tenor-la-noun-XoEA8Qgg Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 44 12 3 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -or: 35 37 23 6
  4. (Medieval Latin) a seisin Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-tenor-la-noun-RsgjR0ju Categories (other): Medieval Latin

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: tenor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: tenor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "teneur",
            "3": "ténor"
          },
          "expansion": "French: teneur, ténor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: teneur, ténor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "teneur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: teneur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: teneur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tenor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tenor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "teor",
            "3": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: teor, tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: teor, tenor"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Tenor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "tenór",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: tenór",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: tenór"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tenore"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tenore\n→ Portuguese: tenor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tenore\n→ Portuguese: tenor"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "teor",
            "3": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: teor, tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: teor, tenor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "tinuri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: tinuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: tinuri"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: tenor"
    }
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      "name": "af"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "teneō (“to hold”) + -or (“abstract noun suffix”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "tenor",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "tenōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenōrī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "tenōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
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        "masculine"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)"
      ],
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          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "reasoning",
          "reasoning"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "gist",
          "gist"
        ],
        [
          "utterance",
          "utterance"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ],
        [
          "provision",
          "provision"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "41 44 12 3",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tenor-la-noun-XoEA8Qgg",
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        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "stress",
          "stress"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a seisin"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "seisin",
          "seisin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a seisin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenor"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -or",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: tenor"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "teneur",
            "3": "ténor"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: teneur, ténor"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
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            "1": "nl",
            "2": "teneur",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: teneur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Dutch: teneur"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "tenor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tenor"
    },
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        {
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            "2": "teor",
            "3": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: teor, tenor",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Galician: teor, tenor"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Tenor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "tenór",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: tenór",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: tenór"
    },
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            "2": "tenore"
          },
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        }
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      "text": "Italian: tenore\n→ Portuguese: tenor"
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            "2": "teor",
            "3": "tenor"
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
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            "2": "tenor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: tenor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: tenor"
    }
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    {
      "form": "tenōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "tenōris",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "tenōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tenōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "tenōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "tenōrēs",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      ],
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          "reasoning",
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        [
          "gist",
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          "utterance",
          "utterance"
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          "legal",
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          "question",
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          "general",
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          "provision",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "stress",
          "stress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a seisin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seisin",
          "seisin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a seisin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenor"
}

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