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tenable

English

Etymology

From the French tenable, from tenir (to hold); compare tenible.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?t?n.?.b?l/

Rhymes: -?n?b?l

Adjective

tenable (comparative more tenable, superlative most tenable)

  1. (of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
    Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
  2. (military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
  3. Fit for habitation, similar, or related use.

Antonyms

  • untenable
  • intenable

Translations

Anagrams

  • Beltane, entable

French

Adjective

tenable (plural tenables)

  1. tenable

Further reading

  • “tenable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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tenacle

English

Etymology

From Latin tenaculum, from tenere (to hold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t?n?k?l/

Noun

tenacle (plural tenacles)

  1. (rare) A stalk or shoot by which a plant holds itself up, or by which climbing plants attach themselves to surfaces.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
      And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it.

Anagrams

  • eltenac, latence

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