Galician edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

tenente (plural tenenti)

  1. tenacious
  2. resistant

Participle edit

tenente (plural tenenti)

  1. present participle of tenere

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of luogotenente.

Noun edit

tenente m (plural tenenti)

  1. lieutenant

Further reading edit

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

Latin edit

Participle edit

tenente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of tenēns

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tenentem, probably a borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tenente m (plural tenentes)

  1. (historical) tenant-in-chief