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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)

1. 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
2. (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
3. (computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

4. (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)

1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.

   Synonym: lodge

2. (transitive) To inhabit.

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”).

Noun

tenant

1. 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

1. a tenant; one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others
2. one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
3. (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

1. 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)

1. holder
2. possessor (of land or property); tenant

Adjective

tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante)

1. holder; owner (attributively)
2. sticky; adhesive
3. strong (of an object, etc.)

Verb

tenant

1. present participle of tenir

Descendants

• ? English: tenant
• French: tenant

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e 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)

1. 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

English

Etymology

tenant +? -like

Adjective

tenantlike (comparative more tenantlike, superlative most tenantlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a tenant.
   • 1883, Robert Stewart Morrison, Emilio Dominguez De Soto, The mining reports

     ...it was the duty of the defendant, as such tenant, to work and manage the said beds, veins, seams and mines, in a proper and tenantlike manner...