tenten

English

Alternative forms

• ten-ten, ten ten

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 点々(てんてん) (tenten, literally “dots”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛntɛn/

Noun

tenten (plural tentens)

1. (colloquial) A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) nigori, dakuten

Related terms

• handakuten (maru)

Translations

Japanese voicing mark — see dakuten

Anagrams

• entent, net net, net-net, tenent

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛntən

Noun

tenten

1. plural of tent

Anagrams

• netten

Galician

Verb

tenten

1. inflection of tentar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative