tenue

Meaning

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) soft (in colour/color)
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) feeble (voice)
3. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) faint (sunlight)
4. (by-personal-gender, feminine, figuratively, masculine) slight, slender (hopes etc.)

Concepts

tenuous

thin

dusky

faint

gloomy

shadowy

slender

slight

slim

small intestine

soft

subtle

dark

twilit

dim

Synonyms

debole

fine

indistinto

oscuro

scuro

sottile

incerto

ombreggiato

ombroso

in penombra

Translations

tenue

tendre

ténu

faible

pâle

tênue

λεπτό έντερο

grêle

feble

zwak

intestino delgado

intestin grêle

intestí prim

Hyphenated as

tè‧nu‧e, tè‧nue

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛ.nu.e/

Etymology

From Latin tenuis.