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bearing
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b??????/
- (US) enPR: bâr'?ng IPA(key): /?b????/
- Rhymes: -?????
Etymology 1
From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English b?rende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beran? (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear +? -ing.
Verb
bearing
- present participle of bear
Adjective
bearing (not comparable)
- (in combination) That bears (some specified thing).
- a gift-bearing visitor
- Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
- That's a bearing wall.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bering, beringe, berynge, equivalent to bear +? -ing.
Noun
bearing (plural bearings)
- A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
- (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
- (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
- Do we go left here or straight on? Hold on, let me just get my bearings.
- I started a new job last week, and I still haven't quite found my bearings.
- Relevance; a relationship or connection.
- That has no bearing on this issue.
- One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
- She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.
- (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
- A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
- (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
- (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
- The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
- (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
- Jos Sedley's open carriage, with its magnificent armorial bearings.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Hyponyms
Related terms
- find one’s bearings
- get one’s bearings
- lose one’s bearings
Translations
See also
- ABEC
- bearing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Binegar, bangier, barge in
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tenor
English
Alternative forms
- tenour (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from tene? (“I hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?n?(?)/
- Homophone: tenner
Noun
tenor (countable and uncountable, plural tenors)
- (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.
- (law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- 1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener
- He would have learned , by the whole tenor of the divine law , and especially by the example of the absent Lord , whose property he was for a season trusted with , that he was to do as much good to humanity , and win as much glory to God, as was compatible with the measure of his trust, and for the time for which he might retain it.
- 1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
Coordinate terms
- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female, decreasing in pitch); countertenor, baritone, bass (male, decreasing in pitch)
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
tenor (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
- He has a tenor voice.
- 2009, Richard Smith, Can't You Hear Me Calling: The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Da Capo Press ?ISBN
- Sometimes Charlie would sing notes that were more tenor than original melody, forcing Bill to sing a high baritone-style line.
- 2012, Lily George, Captain of Her Heart, Harlequin ?ISBN, page 173
- The door swung open, and a masculine voice—a little more tenor than Brookes's bass tones—called, “Brookes, come in. Do you have your colleague with you?”
- 2015, Michael J. Senger Sr., The Connection, Lulu Press, Inc ?ISBN
- Kahn was not a big man and he had a voice that was a little more tenor than most preferred.
Translations
See also
- tenor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tenor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Norte, Toner, Trone, noter, toner, torne, trone
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tenor, ten?rem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /t??no/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /te?no?/
Noun
tenor m (plural tenors)
- tone, tendency
- tenor
Related terms
- tenir
Further reading
- “tenor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
Latin teneo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?nor]
Noun
tenor m
- tenor (musical range)
Related terms
Further reading
- tenor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- tenor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?no?r/, [te?no???]
Noun
tenor c (singular definite tenoren, plural indefinite tenorer)
- tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)
Declension
Further reading
- “tenor” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “tenor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tenore, from Medieval Latin tenor or Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??n?r/
- Hyphenation: nor
- Rhymes: -?r
Noun
tenor m (plural tenoren or tenors)
- tenor
Derived terms
- contratenor
Ido
Verb
tenor
- future infinitive of tenar
Indonesian
Etymology
- From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
- Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?n?r]
- Hyphenation: tè?nor
Noun
tenor (first-person possessive tenorku, second-person possessive tenormu, third-person possessive tenornya)
- tenor:
- (music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- (music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (finance) time to maturity of a bond.
Further reading
- “tenor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
tene? (“to hold”) +? -or (“abstract noun suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?te.nor/, [?t??n?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?te.nor/, [?t???n?r]
Noun
tenor m (genitive ten?ris); third declension
- a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
- a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)
- a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
- (Medieval Latin) a seisin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Further reading
- tenor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tenor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- “tenor” on page 2118 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- Wacke, Andreas (21-08-2020) , “Das Rechtswort: Tenor”, in Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung (in German), volume 137, DOI:10.1515/zrgr-2020-0014
Middle English
Noun
tenor
- Alternative form of tenour
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor
Noun
tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorer, definite plural tenorene)
- tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)
References
- “tenor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor
Noun
tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorar, definite plural tenorane)
- tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)
References
- “tenor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- tenëor
- tenour (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology 1
From tenir, cf. also Late Latin tentor.
Noun
tenor m (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenors, nominative plural tenor)
- holder; possessor (one who possesses; one who has)
Descendants
- French: teneur
- ? Dutch: teneur
- ? English: tenor
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin tenor, ten?rem.
Noun
tenor f (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenor, nominative plural tenors)
- possession
- content (of a letter)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tenor, feminine noun, possession)
- tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tenor, ten?rem, with the sense of "tenor" taken from Italian tenore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?no?/, [t?e?no?]
Noun
tenor m (plural tenores)
- tenor
- (formal) sense, meaning
Derived terms
- a tenor de
Anagrams
- norte (see for more anagrams)
Further reading
- “tenor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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