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tenure
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)
- A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
- All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
- A period of time during which something is possessed.
- A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
- 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)
- (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)
- (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
- 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)
- tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- holding (of land); estate
- 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
- le longue tenure qu'il alliguent ne lor vaut riens
- 1283, Philippe de Beaumanoir, Les Coutumes de Beauvaisis, available in page 237 of this document
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (teneure)
- tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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vocation
English
Etymology
From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin voc?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /vo??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v???ke???n/
- Hyphenation: vo?ca?tion
Noun
vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)
- An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
- An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
Hypernyms
- job
- labour
- occupation
- work
Derived terms
- vocational
Related terms
- vocative
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin voc?ti?, voc?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
Noun
vocation f (plural vocations)
- vocation (calling)
- vocation (employment; career; work)
Related terms
- vocal
- vocatif
- voix
Further reading
- “vocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.
Noun
vocation f (oblique plural vocations, nominative singular vocation, nominative plural vocations)
- call; calling; appeal
- (specifically, euphemistic) passing away; death; an instance of dying
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- what vocational nurse does
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