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Tenuis
Meaning
Adj
●
In Linguistics:
Of Greek
consonants
, neither
aspirated
nor
voiced
, as [p], [t], [k]
Of Greek
consonants
, neither
aspirated
nor
voiced
, as [p], [t],
●
In Linguistics:
Of
obstruents
in other
languages
, not
voiced
,
aspirated
,
glottalized
, or otherwise different in
phonation
f
rom
t
he
prototypical
values
of
t
he
voiceless
IPA
letters
([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
Noun
●
In Linguistics:
A
tenuis
consonant.
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Wiktionary
Origin
tenuis
English
tenuis
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Media
Aspirate
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