tenor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Descendants

[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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɛnə(ɹ)/ SAMPA: /tEn@(r)/
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• Homophones: tenner

[edit] Noun

tenor (plural tenors)

1. (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.
2. (music) musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. Also a person, instrument, or group that performs in that range.
3. 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.

4. (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.

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[edit] Adjective

tenor (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to the tenor part or range

   He has a tenor voice.

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• Alphagram: enort
• toner

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tenor c. (singular definite tenoren, plural indefinite tenorer)

1. tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From teneō (“‘hold’”).

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tenor (genitive tenōris); m, third declension

1. a holding on, continuance, course, career, duration
2. a holder

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tenor	tenōrēs
genitive	tenōris	tenōrum
dative	tenōrī	tenōribus
accusative	tenōrem	tenōrēs
ablative	tenōre	tenōribus
vocative	tenor	tenōrēs

[edit] Descendants

• English: tenor
• French: teneur, ténor
• Icelandic: tenór
• Italian: tenore
• Spanish: tenor