tenente

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnente/ [t̪eˈnẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
    • Rhymes: -ente
  • IPA(key): /teˈnɛnte/ [t̪eˈnɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
    • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: te‧nen‧te

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin tenentem, present active participle of teneō (to hold, have, grasp).

Alternative forms

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

Further reading

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

Latin

Participle

tenente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of tenēns

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tenentem, probably a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈnẽ.te/

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

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnente/ [t̪eˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: te‧nen‧te

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

  1. (historical) tenant-in-chief
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