tenente

Galician

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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Further reading

• “tenente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈnɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: te‧nèn‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin tenentem, accusative singular of tenēns, present active participle of teneō (“I hold, have, grasp”).

Alternative forms

• tegnente (obsolete)

Adjective

tenente (plural tenenti)

1. tenacious
2. resistant

Participle

tenente (plural tenenti)

1. present participle of tenere

Etymology 2

Clipping of luogotenente.

Noun

tenente m (plural tenenti)

1. lieutenant

References

• tenente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Participle

tenente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of tenēns

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tenens, tenentem, probably a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /teˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/, [teˈnẽ.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /tɨˈnẽ.tɨ/, [tɨˈnẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: te‧nen‧te
• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

1. (military, law enforcement) lieutenant (a low commissioned officer rank)

Related terms

• ter

Further reading

• “tenente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈnente/, [t̪eˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: te‧nen‧te

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

1. (historical) tenant-in-chief