tenero

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [teˈnero]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: te‧ne‧ro

Noun

tenero

  1. tenderness
    Synonym: tenereco

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ne.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnero
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ne‧ro
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Adjective

tenero (feminine tenera, masculine plural teneri, feminine plural tenere, superlative tenerissimo)

  1. (also figurative) tender, soft; delicate, kind
    Synonyms: morbido, molle, delicato, gentile, indulgente, tenue
    Antonym: duro
  2. cute

Derived terms

Noun

tenero m (plural teneri)

  1. tender part, soft part
  2. love

Further reading
  • tenero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

tenerō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tener
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