different between tenure vs terma

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from tene?) + -ura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?n.j??/, /?t?n.j?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?n.j?/

Noun

tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures)

1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

   • All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.

2. A period of time during which something is possessed.
3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
4. A right to hold land under the feudal system.

Synonyms

• (a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency

Derived terms

• tenure-track

Related terms

• tenant
• tenurial

Translations

Verb

tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)

1. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

Translations

Anagrams

• neuter, retune, run tee, tureen, untree

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.ny?/

Noun

tenure f (plural tenures)

1. (historical) tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• eurent, neutre, retenu, teneur

Middle English

Noun

tenure

1. Alternative form of tenour

Old French

Alternative forms

• teneure (common), teneüre, tenëure (diaereses are not universally used in Old French transcriptions)
• tenuire
• tennure
• tenour
• tenuere

Noun

tenure f (oblique plural tenures, nominative singular tenure, nominative plural tenures)

1. tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)
2. holding (of land); estate
3. tenure, right of possession
   • 1283, Philippe de Beaumanoir, Les Coutumes de Beauvaisis, available in page 237 of this document

     le longue tenure qu'il alliguent ne lor vaut riens

     The long tenure that they are claiming is worth nothing to them

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (teneure)
• tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??(?)m?/

Noun

terma

1. (anatomy) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
   • 1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums

     The terma is so thin that even when it has escaped injury in the inedisection of the brain it may not be readily recognized unless three points are borne in mind

References

terma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• 'mater, METAR, Marte, armet, mater, metra, ramet, tamer, trema, tréma

Malay

Noun

terma (Jawi spelling ?????, plural terma-terma, informal 1st possessive termaku, impolite 2nd possessive termamu, 3rd possessive termanya)

1. terms of regulation or self-contained self-imposed rules in a contract, agreement, etc.
2. associated with heat or temperature.

Derived terms

• terma jawatan (matters pertinent position held by a person, such as retirement benefits, pension rights, tenure, salary etc.)

Polish

Etymology

From Latin therma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thermós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?r.ma/

Noun

terma f

1. water heater
2. artificial hot spring, thermal spring

   Synonym: cieplica

Declension

Related terms

• (adjective) termiczny
• (adverb) termicznie

Further reading

• terma in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• terma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

terma f (plural termas)

1. bathhouse (a building with baths for communal use)

   Synonym: termas