tenente

tenente m (plural tenentes)

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• “tenente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

From Latin tenens, tenentem.

• IPA^(key): /teˈnɛn.te/

tenente m (plural tenenti)

1. lieutenant

tenente

1. present participle of tenere

tenente

1. inflection of tenēns:
   1. ablative masculine singular
   2. ablative feminine singular
   3. ablative neuter singular

From Latin tenens, tenentem, probably a borrowing.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈnẽt͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈnẽtɨ/
• Hyphenation: te‧nen‧te

tenente m (plural tenentes)

1. (military, law enforcement) lieutenant (a low commissioned officer rank)

• ter

• tenente in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

• IPA^(key): /teˈnente/, [t̪eˈnẽn̪t̪e]
• Hyphenation: te‧nen‧te

tenente m (plural tenentes)

1. (historical) tenant-in-chief