ténébreux
French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation circa 1100 as tenebrus. Borrowed from Latin tenebrōsus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ténébreux (feminine ténébreuse, masculine plural ténébreux, feminine plural ténébreuses)
- tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian
- (of a person) saturnine; moody, somber, melancholic
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ténébreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.