tenuis
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
tenuis (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
- (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
tenuis (plural tenues)
- (linguistics) A tenuis#Adjective|tenuis consonant.
- 1887, Max Müller
- The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.
- 1887, Max Müller
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