ténébreux
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First known attestation circa 1100 as tenebrus. Borrowed from Latin tenebrōsus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ténébreux (feminine ténébreuse, masculine plural ténébreux, feminine plural ténébreuses)
- tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian
- (of a person) saturnine; moody, somber, melancholic
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Further reading[edit]
- “ténébreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.