teneur

French

noun
Definitions
  • content, contents, tenor
  • tenor musical part holding the main melody

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tenor (sense, substance, contents, meaning, tenor part in music) derived from Latin tenor (holder, continuance, course).

Origin

Latin

tenor

Gloss

holder, continuance, course

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