tenace
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tenace (plural tenaces)
- (bridge) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.
Derived terms
[edit]- major tenace: the first- and third-best cards
- minor tenace: the second- and fourth-best cards
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin tenāx. Compare inherited Old French tenais.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tenace (plural tenaces)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tenace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tenace (not comparable)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tenace (plural tenaci, superlative tenacissimo)
Derived terms
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tenace, from Latin tenax.
Adjective
[edit]tenace m or f or n (masculine plural tenaci, feminine and neuter plural tenace)
Declension
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