tenaces

English

Noun

tenaces

1. plural of tenace

Anagrams

• Canetes, cetanes

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈna.səs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈna.ses]

Adjective

tenaces

1. feminine plural of tenaç

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.nas/

Adjective

tenaces

1. plural of tenace

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tenax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈnaθɪs], (western) [teˈnasɪs]

Noun

tenaces f pl (plural only)

1. pincers

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tenaces”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tenaces”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tenaces”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈnaː.keːs/, [t̪ɛˈnäːkeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈna.t͡ʃes/, [t̪eˈnäːt͡ʃes]

Adjective

tenācēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of tenāx

References

• tenaces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /teˈnaθes/ [t̪eˈna.θes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teˈnases/ [t̪eˈna.ses]
• Rhymes: -aθes
• Rhymes: -ases
• Syllabification: te‧na‧ces

Adjective

tenaces

1. plural of tenaz