La Tène
[ French la ten ]
/ French la ˈtɛn /
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adjective
Archaeology. designating the period or culture of the late Iron Age typified by the structural remains, swords, tools, utensils, etc., found at La Tène.Compare Hallstattan.
noun
a shallow area at the E end of the Lake of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where these remains were found.
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Origin of La Tène
First recorded in 1885–90
Definition for tene (2 of 2)
-tene
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.
Origin of -tene
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Examples from the Web for tene
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 HoltMe tene mucho mucho big guns, bastante poquito mismo bastante, cutlass, pistols mucho bastante.
The Captive in Patagonia|Benjamin Franklin BourneMuchel sotschipe hit is leosen for an dei; tene oer tweolue.
British Dictionary definitions for tene
La Tène
/ (læ ˈtɛn) /
adjective
of or relating to a Celtic culture in Europe from about the 5th to the 1st centuries bc, characterized by a distinctive type of curvilinear decorationSee also Hallstatt
Word Origin for La Tène
C20: from La Tène, a part of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where remains of this culture were first discovered
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