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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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