Masculine

tenue

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) tenuous, thin, weak
  2. (feminine, masculine) faint, dim, wispy, soft, subdued, pale

Frequency

27k
Hyphenated as
te‧nue
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtenwe/
Etymology

In summary

From Latin tenuis. Cognate with English tenuous.

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