tenu
See also: ténu
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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Verb
tenu
- imperative of teni
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from denaturoitu (“denatured”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtenu/, [ˈt̪e̞nu]
- Rhymes: -enu
- Syllabification(key): te‧nu
Noun
tenu
- (slang, dated) Synonym of taloussprii
- (colloquial, by extension) methylated spirit (denatured strong alcohol used e.g. as fuel)
Declension
Inflection of tenu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tenu | tenut | |
genitive | tenun | tenujen | |
partitive | tenua | tenuja | |
illative | tenuun | tenuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tenu | tenut | |
accusative | nom. | tenu | tenut |
gen. | tenun | ||
genitive | tenun | tenujen | |
partitive | tenua | tenuja | |
inessive | tenussa | tenuissa | |
elative | tenusta | tenuista | |
illative | tenuun | tenuihin | |
adessive | tenulla | tenuilla | |
ablative | tenulta | tenuilta | |
allative | tenulle | tenuille | |
essive | tenuna | tenuina | |
translative | tenuksi | tenuiksi | |
instructive | — | tenuin | |
abessive | tenutta | tenuitta | |
comitative | — | tenuineen |
Possessive forms of tenu (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tenuni | tenumme |
2nd person | tenusi | tenunne |
3rd person | tenunsa |
Synonyms
- denaturoitu sprii
- tenttu
Anagrams
- tuen, unet
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə.ny/
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Participle
tenu (feminine tenue, masculine plural tenus, feminine plural tenues)
- past participle of tenir
Further reading
- “tenu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tune