tenor
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin tenor (“holder”), from teneō (“hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody as opposed to the countertenor.
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[edit] Noun
tenor (plural tenors)
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- (archaic, music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- (music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 145:
- Colonel Walton, who had striven to check the conversation at moments when he became conscious of its tenor, now gladly engaged his guest on other and more legitimate topics.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 145:
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
[edit] Coordinate terms
- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
[edit] Translations
musical range
tone
(linguistics)
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[edit] Adjective
tenor (not comparable)
- of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
- He has a tenor voice.
[edit] Translations
of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
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[edit] Noun
tenor c. (singular definite tenoren, plural indefinite tenorer)
- tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of tenor
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | tenor | tenoren | tenorer | tenorerne |
| genitive | tenors | tenorens | tenorers | tenorernes |
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From teneō (“hold”).
[edit] Noun
tenor (genitive tenōris); m, third declension
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | tenor | tenōrēs |
| genitive | tenōris | tenōrum |
| dative | tenōrī | tenōribus |
| accusative | tenōrem | tenōrēs |
| ablative | tenōre | tenōribus |
| vocative | tenor | tenōrēs |