Tenno

Alternative forms

• Tenno, Tennou

Origin

From Japanese 天皇 (Tennō てんのう, earlier ten'ou てんおう), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (tʰen-ɣwang) (compare Mandarin tiānhuáng 天皇), from Old Chinese 天皇 (*l̥ˁin-ɢʷˁaŋ "Heavenly Sovereign" → "Emperor"), from 天 ("Heaven") + 皇 ("sovereign").

Full definition of tenno

Noun

1. Japan’s head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family. The emperor of Japan.

Anagrams

• nonet, tenon, tonne