tenar

See also: tenår

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō.

Verb

tenar

1. to hold, keep

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tener, tenerum. Compare Romansch tener, tegnair, Italian tenero, French tendre, Romanian tânăr.

Adjective

tenar

1. tender, soft

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto teni, Italian tenere, French tenir and Spanish tener.

Verb

tenar (present tense tenas, past tense tenis, future tense tenos, imperative tenez, conditional tenus)

1. to hold

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tenar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tenar		tenir		tenor
tense		tenas		tenis		tenos
conditional		tenus
imperative		tenez
adjective active participle		tenanta		teninta		tenonta
adverbial active participle		tenante		teninte		tenonte
nominal active participle	singular	tenanto		teninto		tenonto
	plural	tenanti		teninti		tenonti
adjective passive participle		tenata		tenita		tenota
adverbial passive participle		tenate		tenite		tenote
nominal passive participle	singular	tenato		tenito		tenoto
	plural	tenati		teniti		tenoti

Derived terms

• tenegar (“to hold firmly”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch te (“too”) +‎ naar (“nasty, scary, unpleasant, sickening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [təˈnar]
• Hyphenation: tê‧nar

Adjective

tenar

1. rowdy

   Synonyms: gaduh, gempar, onar

2. famous

   Synonyms: ternama, masyhur

Derived terms

• ketenaran
• menenarkan

 

Further reading

• “tenar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tenar m (definite singular tenaren, indefinite plural tenarer, definite plural tenarene)

1. alternative form of tennar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þénari. Akin to Norwegian Bokmål tjener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²teː.nɑr/

Noun

tenar m (definite singular tenaren, indefinite plural tenarar, definite plural tenarane)

1. servant

   Det var mange tenarar i huset.

   There were many servants in the house.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þinurr.

Noun

tenar m (definite singular tenaren, indefinite plural tenarar, definite plural tenarane)

1. alternative form of tennar

References

• “tenar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• arten, nater, natre, ranet, rante, raten, ratne, taren, trane, terna, trena

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈnaɾ/ [t̪eˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: te‧nar

Adjective

tenar m or f (masculine and feminine plural tenares)

1. (anatomy) thenar

Derived terms

• eminencia tenar
• hipotenar

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

tenar

1. indefinite plural of ten

Anagrams

• arten, renat, trean