tenuis

American  

[ten-yoo-is] / ˈtɛn ju ɪs /

noun

tenues plural

1. an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.

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tenuis British  

/ ˈtɛnjʊɪs /

noun

1. (in the grammar of classical Greek) any of the voiceless stops as represented by kappa, pi, or tau (k, p, t)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tenues
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tenuis

1640–50; < Latin: thin, fine, slender; akin to thin

Example Sentences

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tenuis tenues

Differs from M. gypsea and M. tenuis in scattered habit. var. pithya, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Another common species is Juncus tenuis, with slender stems and linear leaves, growing in hard ground, especially in woodland paths.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

The four skins from Zamora are gray, as opposed to reddish, both above and below and in this respect they agree with the description of R. f. tenuis.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

Those called mediae by the writers on Greek grammar, viz., b, d, g, approach nearer in force to the corresponding tenues p, t, c, than they do in English.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander