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a combining form meaning “ribbon,” used in biology to form compound nouns that refer to the shape or number of chromosomes involved in meiosis: leptotene; pachytene; diplotene.

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Origin of -tene

<French -tène (in scientific compounds) <Latin taeniataenia

Words nearby -tene

tendovaginitis, tendril, tend to, tendu, Tendulkar, -tene, Tenebrae, tenebrific, tenebrionid, tenebrism, tenebrous

How to use -tene in a sentence

Muchel sotschipe hit is leosen for an dei; tene oer tweolue.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
Me tene mucho mucho big guns, bastante poquito mismo bastante, cutlass, pistols mucho bastante.
The Captive in Patagonia|Benjamin Franklin Bourne
Inter utrumque tene—Keep a mid course between the two extremes.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Oblatam occasionem tene—Seize the opportunity that is offered.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

I marvelled what tidings they could be, that were tene (grief) to the King, and blisfulhed (happiness) to the Queen.
In Convent Walls|Emily Sarah Holt