ténébreux

French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1100 as tenebrus. Borrowed from Latin tenebrōsus.

Adjective

ténébreux (feminine ténébreuse, masculine plural ténébreux, feminine plural ténébreuses)

1. tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian
2. saturnine (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “ténébreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.