"tenue" meaning in Italiano

See tenue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɛnwe/ Forms: tenui [plural]
  1. di poco spessore
    Sense id: it-tenue-it-adj-HYhbdQf~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attenuare, tenuamente, tenuità Translations: gracilis (latino), subtilis (latino), tenuis (latino), exilis (latino) Translations (dello stile): submissus (latino) Translations (scarso): minutus (latino), parvus (latino) Translations (sottile): feeble (inglese), tenuous (inglese), faint (inglese) Translations (vago): enuous (inglese), weak (inglese), feeble (inglese), faint (inglese)

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛnwe/ Forms: tenui [plural]
  1. parte dell’intestino racchiusa tra lo stomaco e l'intestino cieco
    Sense id: it-tenue-it-noun-shkQj7XN Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, physiology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attenuare, tenuamente, tenuità Translations: gracilis (latino), subtilis (latino), tenuis (latino), exilis (latino) Translations (dello stile): submissus (latino) Translations (scarso): minutus (latino), parvus (latino) Translations (sottile): feeble (inglese), tenuous (inglese), faint (inglese) Translations (vago): enuous (inglese), weak (inglese), feeble (inglese), faint (inglese)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "grosso"
    },
    {
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "massiccio"
    },
    {
      "word": "spesso"
    },
    {
      "word": "grande"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "abbondante"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "acceso"
    },
    {
      "word": "carico"
    },
    {
      "word": "intenso"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivace"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonoro"
    },
    {
      "word": "squillante"
    },
    {
      "word": "netto"
    },
    {
      "word": "preciso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "rilevante"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Aggettivi in italiano",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "attenuare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuità"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinotenuis, che è correlato con tendĕre cioè \"tendere\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenui",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tè",
        "nue"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Aggettivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "di poco spessore"
      ],
      "id": "it-tenue-it-adj-HYhbdQf~"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛnwe/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "esile"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine"
    },
    {
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "word": "leggero"
    },
    {
      "word": "lieve"
    },
    {
      "word": "sottile"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccolo"
    },
    {
      "word": "filiforme"
    },
    {
      "word": "impalpabile"
    },
    {
      "word": "aereo"
    },
    {
      "word": "minuto"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "delicato"
    },
    {
      "word": "pallido"
    },
    {
      "word": "pastello"
    },
    {
      "word": "sbiadito"
    },
    {
      "word": "sfumato"
    },
    {
      "word": "smorto"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "evanescente"
    },
    {
      "word": "etereo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "fioco"
    },
    {
      "word": "flebile"
    },
    {
      "word": "impercettibile"
    },
    {
      "word": "sommesso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di voce"
      ],
      "word": "fievole"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "irrilevante"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine",
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "tenuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "enuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "weak"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "minutus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "parvus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "dello stile",
      "word": "submissus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "gracilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "subtilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "tenuis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "exilis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenue"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "grosso"
    },
    {
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "massiccio"
    },
    {
      "word": "spesso"
    },
    {
      "word": "grande"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "abbondante"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "acceso"
    },
    {
      "word": "carico"
    },
    {
      "word": "intenso"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivace"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonoro"
    },
    {
      "word": "squillante"
    },
    {
      "word": "netto"
    },
    {
      "word": "preciso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "rilevante"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Sostantivi in italiano",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "attenuare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuità"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinotenuis, che è correlato con tendĕre cioè \"tendere\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenui",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tè",
        "nue"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sostantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parte dell’intestino racchiusa tra lo stomaco e l'intestino cieco"
      ],
      "id": "it-tenue-it-noun-shkQj7XN",
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "physiology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛnwe/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "esile"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine"
    },
    {
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "word": "leggero"
    },
    {
      "word": "lieve"
    },
    {
      "word": "sottile"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccolo"
    },
    {
      "word": "filiforme"
    },
    {
      "word": "impalpabile"
    },
    {
      "word": "aereo"
    },
    {
      "word": "minuto"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "delicato"
    },
    {
      "word": "pallido"
    },
    {
      "word": "pastello"
    },
    {
      "word": "sbiadito"
    },
    {
      "word": "sfumato"
    },
    {
      "word": "smorto"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "evanescente"
    },
    {
      "word": "etereo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "fioco"
    },
    {
      "word": "flebile"
    },
    {
      "word": "impercettibile"
    },
    {
      "word": "sommesso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di voce"
      ],
      "word": "fievole"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "irrilevante"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine",
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "tenuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "enuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "weak"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "minutus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "parvus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "dello stile",
      "word": "submissus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "gracilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "subtilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "tenuis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "exilis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenue"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "grosso"
    },
    {
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "massiccio"
    },
    {
      "word": "spesso"
    },
    {
      "word": "grande"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "abbondante"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "acceso"
    },
    {
      "word": "carico"
    },
    {
      "word": "intenso"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivace"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonoro"
    },
    {
      "word": "squillante"
    },
    {
      "word": "netto"
    },
    {
      "word": "preciso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "rilevante"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Aggettivi in italiano"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "attenuare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuità"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinotenuis, che è correlato con tendĕre cioè \"tendere\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenui",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tè",
        "nue"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Aggettivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "di poco spessore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛnwe/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "esile"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine"
    },
    {
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "word": "leggero"
    },
    {
      "word": "lieve"
    },
    {
      "word": "sottile"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccolo"
    },
    {
      "word": "filiforme"
    },
    {
      "word": "impalpabile"
    },
    {
      "word": "aereo"
    },
    {
      "word": "minuto"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "delicato"
    },
    {
      "word": "pallido"
    },
    {
      "word": "pastello"
    },
    {
      "word": "sbiadito"
    },
    {
      "word": "sfumato"
    },
    {
      "word": "smorto"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "evanescente"
    },
    {
      "word": "etereo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "fioco"
    },
    {
      "word": "flebile"
    },
    {
      "word": "impercettibile"
    },
    {
      "word": "sommesso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di voce"
      ],
      "word": "fievole"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "irrilevante"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine",
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "tenuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "enuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "weak"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "minutus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "parvus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "dello stile",
      "word": "submissus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "gracilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "subtilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "tenuis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "exilis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenue"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "grosso"
    },
    {
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "massiccio"
    },
    {
      "word": "spesso"
    },
    {
      "word": "grande"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "abbondante"
    },
    {
      "word": "voluminoso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "acceso"
    },
    {
      "word": "carico"
    },
    {
      "word": "intenso"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivace"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonoro"
    },
    {
      "word": "squillante"
    },
    {
      "word": "netto"
    },
    {
      "word": "preciso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "rilevante"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Sostantivi in italiano"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "attenuare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuità"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinotenuis, che è correlato con tendĕre cioè \"tendere\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenui",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tè",
        "nue"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sostantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parte dell’intestino racchiusa tra lo stomaco e l'intestino cieco"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "physiology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛnwe/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "esile"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine"
    },
    {
      "word": "fragile"
    },
    {
      "word": "leggero"
    },
    {
      "word": "lieve"
    },
    {
      "word": "sottile"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccolo"
    },
    {
      "word": "filiforme"
    },
    {
      "word": "impalpabile"
    },
    {
      "word": "aereo"
    },
    {
      "word": "minuto"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di colore"
      ],
      "word": "delicato"
    },
    {
      "word": "pallido"
    },
    {
      "word": "pastello"
    },
    {
      "word": "sbiadito"
    },
    {
      "word": "sfumato"
    },
    {
      "word": "smorto"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "evanescente"
    },
    {
      "word": "etereo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di suono"
      ],
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "fioco"
    },
    {
      "word": "flebile"
    },
    {
      "word": "impercettibile"
    },
    {
      "word": "sommesso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di voce"
      ],
      "word": "fievole"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di argomento, contributo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "esiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "word": "debole"
    },
    {
      "word": "irrilevante"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine",
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "tenuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sottile",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "enuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "weak"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "feeble"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vago",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "minutus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "scarso",
      "word": "parvus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "dello stile",
      "word": "submissus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "gracilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "subtilis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "tenuis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "latino",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "exilis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenue"
}

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