tenon

English

Etymology

From Middle French tenon.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnən

Noun

tenon (plural tenons)

1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.

Derived terms

• tenon saw

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 榫頭 (cmn), 榫头 (cmn) (sǔntou), 凸榫 (cmn) (tūsǔn), 接榫 (cmn) (jiēsǔn)

• Finnish: tappi (fi)

• French: tenon (fr) m
• German: Zapfen (de)
• Japanese: ほぞ (ja) (hozo)
• Russian: цапфа (ru) (cápfa) f, шип (ru) (šip) m, втулка (ru) (vtúlka) f

See also

• mortise-and-tenon joint

Verb

tenon (third-person singular simple present tenons, present participle tenoning, simple past and past participle tenoned)

1. To make a tenon

   First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.

Anagrams

• nonet
• tenno, Tenno
• tonne

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French

Etymology

From ten(ir) +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tənɔ ̃/

Noun

tenon m (plural tenons)

1. tenon