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Tenuis
Pronunciation
IPA:
/ˈtÉ›nuËɪs/
Origin
From
Latin
tenuis
("thin, fine; weak").
Full definition of tenuis
Adjective
tenuis
Of
Greek
consonants
, neither
aspirated
nor
voiced
, as
p
,
t
,
k
(
linguistics
) Of
obstruent
s in other languages, not voiced, aspirated,
glottalize
d, or otherwise different in
phonation
from the prototypical values of the
voiceless
IPA
letters (
p
,
t
,
k
,
f
,
θ
,
s
,
ʃ
, etc.).
Anagrams
unites
,
unties
Noun
tenuis
(
plural
tenues
)
(
linguistics
) a tenuis
consonant
1887
, Max Müller
The
tenuis
becomes aspirate in Low-German.
Antonyms
media
aspirate
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