tenon
English
Etymology
From Middle French tenon.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnən
Noun
tenon (plural tenons)
- A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
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Verb
tenon (third-person singular simple present tenons, present participle tenoning, simple past and past participle tenoned)
- To make a tenon
- First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tənɔ ̃/
Noun
tenon m (plural tenons)
Further reading
- “tenon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.noːn/, [ˈtɛ.noːn]
Noun
tenōn m (genitive tenōntis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tenōn | tenōntēs |
| genitive | tenōntis | tenōntum |
| dative | tenōntī | tenōntibus |
| accusative | tenōntem | tenōntēs |
| ablative | tenōnte | tenōntibus |
| vocative | tenōn | tenōntēs |
References
- tenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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