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inmate
English
Etymology
From inn +? mate, or from in- +? mate.
Noun
inmate (plural inmates)
- A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
- A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.
Usage notes
Perhaps around 1970, television journalists began to use the word as a euphemism for prisoner, and this has become the primary, if not only, definition among younger generations. When speaking of persons receiving medical services, patient may be preferred instead.
Derived terms
- inmatehood
Translations
Anagrams
- Tamien, Tieman, etamin, inmeat, taimen, tamine
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tenant
English
Alternative forms
- tenaunt, tennant, tennaunt (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin ten?re, present active infinitive of tene? (“hold, keep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?.n?nt/, enPR: t?n?nt
- Rhymes: -?n?nt
Noun
tenant (plural tenants)
- One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
- Synonyms: renter, lessee, (rare) rentee
- (by extension) One who has possession of any place.
- Synonyms: dweller, occupant
- c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom
- sweet tenants of this grove
- 1647, Abraham Cowley, The Wish
- the happy tenant of your shade
- (computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
- (law) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- tenet
Verb
tenant (third-person singular simple present tenants, present participle tenanting, simple past and past participle tenanted)
- To hold as, or be, a tenant.
- Synonym: lodge
- (transitive) To inhabit.
Translations
Etymology 2
Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”).
Noun
tenant
- Misconstruction of tenet
Anagrams
- -netant, Annett
Cebuano
Etymology
From English tenant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman tenaunt, from Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin ten?re, present active infinitive of tene? (“hold, keep”). Doublet of tener and tinidor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: te?nant
Noun
tenant
- a tenant; one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others
- one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
- (law) one who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership
French
Etymology
Present participle of tenir. From Old French tenant; corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem.
Pronunciation
Verb
tenant
- present participle of tenir
Related terms
- lieutenant
Anagrams
- entant
Old French
Alternative forms
- tenaunt (Anglo-Norman, noun, adjective, verb)
Etymology
From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem.
Noun
tenant m (oblique plural tenanz or tenantz, nominative singular tenanz or tenantz, nominative plural tenant)
- holder
- possessor (of land or property); tenant
Adjective
tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante)
- holder; owner (attributively)
- sticky; adhesive
- strong (of an object, etc.)
Verb
tenant
- present participle of tenir
Descendants
- ? English: tenant
- French: tenant
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tenant)
- tenant on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English tenant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?nant/
Noun
tenant m (plural tenantiaid)
- tenant
Derived terms
- tenantiaeth (“tenancy”)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “tenant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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