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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/Sorted einstuStarts with TEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t],

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin.

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  • The superscript equal sign ˭ is here used to denote the Czech tenuis consonant, in this case the plosive [t˭], which lacks aspiration, in order to contrast it with its aspirated counterpart in English [tʰ].
  • The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.
  • Since the explosive was a tenuis before a consonant we have -p m- and -t n-; these combinations were mutated to mh and nh in the following examples, the voicelessness of the tenuis being retained after its assimilation

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