ténor
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian tenore, from Latin tenorem. Doublet of teneur.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editténor m (plural ténors)
- tenor
- (figurative) big name, bigwig
- 2021 June 27, “Résultats des élections régionales 2021 en direct”, in Le Monde[1]:
- Les ténors de droite ont été réélus, la gauche garde ses cinq régions, le RN n’en gagne aucune.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “ténor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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