tenuis
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tenuis
- /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/ UK
- /ˈtɛnuːɪs/ UK
- /ˈtɛnjuɪs/ US
- /ˈtɛnuɪs/ US
Sounds like tenuous (when unstressed /ɪ/ = [ə])
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin.
adjective
- Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t],
- Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.). The superscript equal sign ˭ is here used to denote the Czech tenuis consonant, in this case the plosive [t˭], which lacks aspiration, in order to contrast it with its aspirated counterpart in English [tʰ].
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Talk about this word "tenuis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tenuis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tenuis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tenuis "tenuis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tenuis.Cite this
@misc{tenuis_2026,
title = {tenuis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenuis},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
