tenon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French tenon.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛnən
Noun[edit]
tenon (plural tenons)
- A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
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Translations
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Verb[edit]
tenon (third-person singular simple present tenons, present participle tenoning, simple past and past participle tenoned)
- To make a tenon
- First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenon m (plural tenons)
External links[edit]
- “tenon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenōn m (genitive tenōntis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tenōn | tenōntēs |
| genitive | tenōntis | tenōntum |
| dative | tenōntī | tenōntibus |
| accusative | tenōntem | tenōntēs |
| ablative | tenōnte | tenōntibus |
| vocative | tenōn | tenōntēs |
References[edit]
- tenon in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
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