tenue

From French.

tenue (plural tenues)

1. bearing, carriage, deportment
2. mode of dress

• IPA^(key): /tə.ny/

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tenue f (plural tenues)

1. maintenance, upkeep
2. running (of a shop)
3. (music) holding, sustaining (of a note)
4. manners, (good) behaviour (UK) / behavior (US)
5. quality, standard
6. posture
7. (finance) performance
8. dress, appearance

tenue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of tenir

• “tenue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin tenuis.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɛːnu.e]

tenue (masculine and feminine plural tenui)

1. soft (colour)

   rosso tenue ― soft red

2. feeble (voice)
3. faint (sunlight)

   una tenue luce ― a faint light

4. (figuratively) slight, slender (hopes etc)

   un tenue desiderio ― a faint desire

• intestino tenue (“small intestine”)
• tenuemente
• tenuità

tenue

1. nominative neuter singular of tenuis
2. accusative neuter singular of tenuis
3. vocative neuter singular of tenuis

From Latin tenuis. Cognate with English tenuous.

tenue (plural tenues)

1. tenuous, thin, weak
2. faint, dim, soft