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5-letter words (5 found)

NOTER,RONTE,TENOR,TONER,TRONE,

4-letter words (12 found)

NOTE,ONER,RENO,RENT,RONE,RONT,ROTE,TERN,TONE,TORE,TORN,TRON,

3-letter words (17 found)

EON,ERN,NET,NOR,NOT,ONE,ORE,ORT,REN,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TEN,TOE,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ER,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from tenor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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tenor etnor tneor nteor entor netor teonr etonr toenr otenr eotnr oetnr tnoer ntoer toner otner noter onter enotr neotr eontr oentr noetr onetr tenro etnro tnero ntero entro netro terno etrno treno rteno ertno retno tnreo ntreo trneo rtneo nrteo rnteo enrto nerto ernto rento nreto rneto teorn etorn toern otern eotrn oetrn teron etron treon rteon erton reton toren otren troen rtoen orten roten eortn oertn erotn reotn oretn roetn tnore ntore tonre otnre notre ontre tnroe ntroe trnoe rtnoe nrtoe rntoe torne otrne trone rtone ortne rotne norte onrte nrote rnote ornte ronte enort neort eonrt oenrt noert onert enrot nerot ernot renot nreot rneot eornt oernt eront reont orent roent noret onret nroet rnoet ornet ronet

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Definitions and meaning of tenor

tenor

Alternative forms

  • tenour (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from teneō (“I hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɛnə(ɹ)/
  • Homophone: tenner

Noun

tenor (countable and uncountable, plural tenors)

  1. (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
  2. A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
  3. (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
  4. The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
  5. Tone, as of a conversation.
  6. (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
  7. (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
  8. (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
  9. Stamp; character; nature.
  10. (law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
  11. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
  12. (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.

Coordinate terms

  • (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female, decreasing in pitch); countertenor, baritone, bass (male, decreasing in pitch)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

tenor (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
    He has a tenor voice.

Translations

See also

  • tenor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Tenor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Norte, Toner, Trone, noter, toner, torne, trone

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [təˈnor]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) (Mallorca) [təˈno], (Menorca) [təˈnor]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [teˈnoɾ]

Noun

tenor m (plural tenors)

  1. (music) tenor

Noun

tenor m or (archaic) f (plural tenors)

  1. tone, tendency, tenor

Related terms

  • tenir

Further reading

  • “tenor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Latin teneo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛnor]

Noun

tenor m anim

  1. tenor (higher-range male singer)

Declension

Noun

tenor m inan

  1. tenor (musical range)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • tenor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tenor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tenor in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnoːr/, [teˈnoˀɐ̯]

Noun

tenor c (singular definite tenoren, plural indefinite tenorer)

  1. tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)

Declension

Further reading

  • “tenor” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “tenor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tenore, from Medieval Latin tenor or Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈnɔr/
  • Hyphenation: te‧nor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

tenor m (plural tenoren or tenors)

  1. tenor

Derived terms

  • contratenor

Ido

Verb

tenor

  1. future infinitive of tenar

Indonesian

Etymology

  • From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
  • Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛnɔr]
  • Hyphenation: tè‧nor

Noun

tenor (first-person possessive tenorku, second-person possessive tenormu, third-person possessive tenornya)

  1. tenor:
    1. (music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
    2. (music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
    3. (finance) time to maturity of a bond.

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

teneō (“to hold”) +‎ -or (“abstract noun suffix”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.nor/, [ˈt̪ɛnɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.nor/, [ˈt̪ɛːnor]

Noun

tenor m (genitive tenōris); third declension

  1. a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
  2. a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)
  3. a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
  4. (Medieval Latin) a seisin

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “tenor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tenor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tenor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “tenor” on page 2118 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • Wacke, Andreas (2020 August 21) “Das Rechtswort: Tenor”, in Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung (in German), volume 137, →DOI

Middle English

Noun

tenor

  1. Alternative form of tenour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor.

Noun

tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorer, definite plural tenorene)

  1. tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)

References

  • “tenor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor.

Noun

tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorar, definite plural tenorane)

  1. tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)

References

  • “tenor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • tenëor
  • tenour (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology 1

From tenir, cf. also Late Latin tentor.

Noun

tenor oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenors, nominative plural tenor)

  1. holder; possessor (one who possesses; one who has)
Descendants
  • French: teneur
    • → Dutch: teneur
  • → English: tenor

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin tenor, tenōrem.

Noun

tenor oblique singular, f (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenor, nominative plural tenors)

  1. possession
  2. content (of a letter)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tenor, feminine noun, possession)
  • tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.nɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɔr
  • Syllabification: te‧nor

Noun

tenor m pers

  1. tenor (male singer who performs in the tenor range)

Declension

Noun

tenor m inan

  1. (music) tenor (musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto)
  2. tenor (instrument that performs in the tenor range)
  3. tone, overtone, message
    Synonyms: sens, wydźwięk

Declension

Further reading

  • tenor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tenor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tenore. Doublet of teor.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: te‧nor

Noun

tenor m (plural tenores)

  1. (music) tenor (musical range)
  2. (music) tenor (musical performer)

Adjective

tenor (invariable, not comparable)

  1. (music) tenor (of or relating to the tenor part or range)

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ténor or Italian tenore.

Noun

tenor m (plural tenori)

  1. tenor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenōrem, with the sense of "tenor" taken from Italian tenore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnoɾ/ [t̪eˈnoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: te‧nor

Noun

tenor m (plural tenores)

  1. tenor
  2. (formal) sense, meaning

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tenor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • norte (see for more anagrams)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tenor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnoɾ/, [tɛˈnoɾ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧nor

Noun

tenór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. (music) tenor (musical range)
  2. singer with a tenor voice
  3. underlying meaning shown (by the drift of words or tone of voice)
    Synonyms: himig, tono, tunog, hagkis, pahiwatig

Source: wiktionary.org