Tennessee

English

Map of US highlighting Tennessee

Etymology

From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛn.əˈsiː/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Tennessee

1. A state of the United States.
2. A river in the United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
3. A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
4. A male given name.
5. A female given name.

Derived terms

• Tennessean
• Tennesseean
• Tennessee rifle
• Tennessee windage
• Tennesseian
• tennessine
• TN
• Treeing Tennessee Brindle

 

Translations

state

• Amharic: ቴነሲ (tenäsi)
• Arabic: تِينِيسِي m (tinisī)
• Armenian: Թենեսի (hy) (Tʻenesi)
• Azerbaijani: Tennessi (az)
• Bashkir: Теннесси (Tennessi)
• Belarusian: Тэнесі m (Tenjesi)
• Bengali: টেনেসী (ṭeneśi)
• Bihari: टेनेसी (ṭenesī)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: টেনেসি (ṭenesī)
• Bulgarian: Тенеси́ m (Tenesí)
• Burmese: တင်နက်ဆီပြည်နယ် (tangnakhci-pranynai)
• Buryat: Теннесси (Tjennjessi)
• Chechen: Теннесси́ (Tennessı̇́)
• Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 田納西 / 田纳西 (tin⁴ naap⁶ sai¹)

  Mandarin: 田納西 / 田纳西 (zh) (Tiánnàxī)

• Chuvash: Теннесси (Tennessi)
• Cornish: Tennessi
• Czech: Tennessee (cs)
• Danish: Tennessee
• Esperanto: Tenesio
• Farefare: Tenesi
• Finnish: Tennessee (fi)
• French: Tennessee (fr) m
• Galician: Tennessee (gl) m
• Georgian: ტენესი (ṭenesi)
• German: Tennessee (de)
• Greek: Τεννεσσή n (Tennessí), Τενεσί (el) n (Tenesí)
• Guaraní: Tenesi
• Gujarati: ટેનેસી (ṭenesī)
• Haitian Creole: Tenèsi
• Hawaiian: Kenekī
• Hebrew: טנסי (he)
• Hindi: टेनेसी (ṭenesī)
• Italian: Tennessee (it) m
• Japanese: テネシー (Teneshī)
• Kabiyé: Tenesii
• Kalmyk: Теннесси (Tennessi)
• Kazakh: Теннесси (kk) (Tennessi)
• Khmer: តេណេសស៊ី (teeneehsii)
• Korean: 테네시 (Tenesi)
• Lao: ເທນເນດຊີ (thēn nēt sī)
• Latin: Tennessia f, Tennesia f
• Latvian: Tenesī m
• Lithuanian: Tenesis m
• Macedonian: Тенеси n (Tenesi)
• Maithili: टेनेसी (ṭenesī)
• Malayalam: ടെന്നസി (ṭennasi)
• Marathi: टेनसी (ṭensī)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Теннесси (Tenńessi)

  Western Mari: Теннесси (Tenńessi)

• Mingrelian: ტენესი (ṭenesi)
• Mongolian: Теннесси (Tennessi)
• Navajo: Ténésii hahoodzo
• Nepali: टेनेसी (ṭenesī)
• Newar: टेनिसी (ṭenisī)
• Ossetian: Теннесси (Tennessi)
• Pali: ṭenisī
• Piedmontese: Tenessì m
• Polish: Tennessee (pl) n
• Portuguese: Tennessee (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਟੈਨੇਸੀ (ṭainesī)
• Romanian: Tennessee (ro)
• Russian: Теннесси́ (ru) m (Tennessí)
• Samoan: Tenesi
• Samogitian: Tenesis m
• Sanskrit: टेनेसी (ṭenesī)
• Slovak: Tennessee n
• Spanish: Tennessee (es) m, Tenesí m
• Tamil: டென்னிசி (ṭeṉṉici), டென்னசி (ṭeṉṉaci)
• Tatar: Теннесси́ (Tennessí)
• Telugu: టేనస్సీ (ṭēnassī)
• Thai: เทนเนสซี (ten-nét-sii)
• Tibetan: ཐེན་ནེ་སི (then ne si)
• Turkish: Tennessee
• Ukrainian: Теннессі́ m (Tennessí)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: Теннесси (Tennessi)

  Roman: Tennessi

• Yakut: Теннесси (Tennessi)
• Yiddish: טענעסי (tenesi)

Noun

Tennessee (plural Tennessees)

1. The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina.
   • 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 303:

     The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below.

Further reading

• Tennessee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Proper noun

Tennessee (genitive Tennessees)

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Tennessee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenes(ː)iː/, [ˈt̪e̞ne̞s̠(ː)iː]
• Rhymes: -enesiː

Proper noun

Tennessee

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Tennessee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
nominative		Tennessee	—
genitive		Tennesseen	—
partitive		Tennesseetä	—
illative		Tennesseehen Tennesseeseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tennessee	—
accusative	nom.	Tennessee	—
	gen.	Tennesseen
genitive		Tennesseen	—
partitive		Tennesseetä	—
inessive		Tennesseessä	—
elative		Tennesseestä	—
illative		Tennesseehen Tennesseeseen	—
adessive		Tennesseellä	—
ablative		Tennesseeltä	—
allative		Tennesseelle	—
essive		Tennesseenä	—
translative		Tennesseeksi	—
abessive		Tennesseettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tennessee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tennesseeni — accusative nom. Tennesseeni — gen. Tennesseeni genitive Tennesseeni — partitive Tennesseetäni — inessive Tennesseessäni — elative Tennesseestäni — illative Tennesseeheni Tennesseeseeni — adessive Tennesseelläni — ablative Tennesseeltäni — allative Tennesseelleni — essive Tennesseenäni — translative Tennesseekseni — abessive Tennesseettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tennesseesi — accusative nom. Tennesseesi — gen. Tennesseesi genitive Tennesseesi — partitive Tennesseetäsi — inessive Tennesseessäsi — elative Tennesseestäsi — illative Tennesseehesi Tennesseeseesi — adessive Tennesseelläsi — ablative Tennesseeltäsi — allative Tennesseellesi — essive Tennesseenäsi — translative Tennesseeksesi — abessive Tennesseettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tennesseemme — accusative nom. Tennesseemme — gen. Tennesseemme genitive Tennesseemme — partitive Tennesseetämme — inessive Tennesseessämme — elative Tennesseestämme — illative Tennesseehemme Tennesseeseemme — adessive Tennesseellämme — ablative Tennesseeltämme — allative Tennesseellemme — essive Tennesseenämme — translative Tennesseeksemme — abessive Tennesseettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tennesseenne — accusative nom. Tennesseenne — gen. Tennesseenne genitive Tennesseenne — partitive Tennesseetänne — inessive Tennesseessänne — elative Tennesseestänne — illative Tennesseehenne Tennesseeseenne — adessive Tennesseellänne — ablative Tennesseeltänne — allative Tennesseellenne — essive Tennesseenänne — translative Tennesseeksenne — abessive Tennesseettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tennesseensä — accusative nom. Tennesseensä — gen. Tennesseensä genitive Tennesseensä — partitive Tennesseetään Tennesseetänsä — inessive Tennesseessään Tennesseessänsä — elative Tennesseestään Tennesseestänsä — illative Tennesseehensä Tennesseeseensä — adessive Tennesseellään Tennesseellänsä — ablative Tennesseeltään Tennesseeltänsä — allative Tennesseelleen Tennesseellensä — essive Tennesseenään Tennesseenänsä — translative Tennesseekseen Tennesseeksensä — abessive Tennesseettään Tennesseettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ten.nesˈsi/^**
• Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Tennessee m

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee, from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈnɛ.si/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛsi
• Syllabification: Te‧nne‧ssee

Proper noun

Tennessee n (indeclinable)

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Proper noun

Tennessee f (indeclinable)

1. Tennessee (a river in the United States)

Further reading

• Tennessee in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tennessee m

1. Tennessee (a river in the eastern United States)
2. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Tenesí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenesi/ [ˈt̪e.ne.si]
  • Rhymes: -enesi
• IPA^(key): /teneˈsi/ [t̪e.neˈsi]
  • Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Tennessee m

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• tennesense
• tenneseño
• tennesiano

 

See also

• Tennessee on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es