tenore

See also: Tenöre

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tenor, tenōrem (“a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding”), derived from teneō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈno.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: te‧nó‧re

Noun

tenore m (plural tenori)

1. way, manner
2. (chemistry) the concentration of a substance
3. (music):
   1. (archaic) tenor (musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody)

      Synonym: tenor

   2. (uncountable) tenor (musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto)
   3. tenor (person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor range)
      • c. 1344, Giovanni Boccaccio, Ninfale fiesolano, ossia L'innamoramento di Affrico e Mensola, section LVI (section 56), page 23; republished as Ninfale fiesolano di messer Giovanni Boccaccio‎^[1], Italy, 1851:

        Quando appressato fu a quel vallone
        Alquanto udì un’angelica voce,
        Con due tenori onde ascoltar si pone

        When he arrived close to that valley, he heard an angelic voice, with two tenors; so he began to listen

Derived terms

• tenore di vita
• tenorile

 

Related terms

• tenere

Descendants

• → Portuguese: tenor

Anagrams

• Eterno, Nereto, entero-, eterno, eternò, tenero

Latin

Noun

tenōre

1. ablative singular of tenor