tenoun

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French tenon, from Old French tenon.

Alternative forms

• tenon, tenown, tenowne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈnuːn/, /ˈtɛnun/

Noun

tenoun

1. A tenon; a projecting piece of woodwork.

Descendants

• English: tenon

References

• “tenǒun, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-08.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin tenōn.

Noun

tenoun

1. Alternative form of thenoun