tenure

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French teneure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenit(us), from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɛ.njɚ/

Noun

tenure (plural tenures)

1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
2. A period of time during which it is possessed.
3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
4. A right to hold land under the feudal system.

Synonyms

(a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency

Derived terms

• tenure-track

Related terms

• tenant‎
• tenurial

Translations

a status of possessing a thing or an office

• Finnish: virassapysymisoikeus
• German: Besitz (de) m
• Greek: θητεία (el) (thiteía) f 
• Italian: essere titolare m, permanenza f in carica f , gestione (it) f

• Japanese: 保有 (ja) (hoyū)
• Russian: владение (ru) n (vladenije)
• Spanish: tenencia (es)
• Telugu: పదవీ కాలం (padaveekaalaM)

a period of time possessed

• Finnish: virassaoloaika, virkakausi
• German: Amtszeit (de)
• Greek: κατοχή (el) (katochí) f 
• Italian: durata f di un incarico m, di un mandato m
• Japanese: 保有期間 (ja) (hoyū kikan)

• Polish: kadencja (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: mandat (sh)
• Spanish: antigüedad (es)
• Telugu: పదవీ కాలం (padaveekaalaM)

a status of having a permanent post

• Dutch: vastbenoemd zijn (nl), een vaste benoeming hebben (nl)
• German: Bekleidung (de) f, Innehaben (de) n
• Greek: μονιμότητα (el) (monimótita) f 

• Italian: essere di ruolo or titolare m di una cattedra f
• Japanese: 終身 (ja) (shuūshin)

a right to hold land

• Finnish: hallintaoikeus, hallussapito
• French: tenure (fr) f
• German: Besitztitel (de) m, Besitzanspruch (de)

• Greek: δικαίωμα γαιοκτησίας (el) (dikaíoma gaioktisías) f 
• Italian: godimento di un terreno
• Japanese: 世襲 (ja) (seshū)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 佔有權, 占有权
• Dutch: ambtstermijn m

• Korean: 임기
• Spanish: arrendamiento m

Verb

tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)

1. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

Anagrams

• neuter
• retune
• run tee
• tureen

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French

Noun

tenure f (plural tenures)

1. tenure

Anagrams

• eurent
• neutre
• retenu
• teneur