Tenuis Definition

tĕnyo͝o-ĭs
tenues
noun
An unaspirated voiceless stop.
Webster's New World
A voiceless unaspirated stop in ancient Greek.
American Heritage

(linguistics) A tenuis consonant.

Wiktionary
adjective

Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]

Wiktionary

(linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).

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Other Word Forms of Tenuis

Noun

Singular:
tenuis
Plural:
tenues

Origin of Tenuis

  • New Latin (translation of Greek psīlos) from Latin thin tenuous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak").

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

TTETEN

Words Ending With

SISUIS

Unscrambles

tenuis

Words Starting With T and Ending With S

Starts With T & Ends With SStarts With TE & Ends With SStarts With T & Ends With IS

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With S