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

• “tenente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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

• tegnente (obsolete)

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈnẽ.tɨ/

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

Noun

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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

Related terms

• ter

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