tenor

tenor
I. noun Etymology: Middle English tenour, from Anglo-French, from Latin tenor uninterrupted course, from tenēre to hold — more at thin Date: 14th century 1. a. the drift of something spoken or written ; purport b. an exact copy of a writing ; transcript c. the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphor 2. a. the melodic line usually forming the cantus firmus in medieval music b. the voice part next to the lowest in a 4-part chorus c. the highest natural adult male singing voice; also a person having this voice d. a member of a family of instruments having a range next lower than that of the alto 3. a continuance in a course, movement, or activity 4. habitual condition ; character Synonyms: see tendency II. adjective Date: 1522 relating to or having the range or part of a tenor

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  • TÉNOR — La voix d’homme la plus élevée, autrefois appelée taille et haute contre. Suivant les caractères du ténor, on distingue ordinairement: le ténor léger, à l’expression souple (don Ferrando dans Cosi fan tutte de Mozart, Almaviva dans Le Barbier de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Tenor — Ténor Dans la musique occidentale, le terme ténor (du latin tenere = tenir) désigne une tessiture instrumentale ou vocale entre l alto et la basse. Dans la musique vocale (baroque excepté), elle correspond à la voix masculine la plus aiguë. Au… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tenor — TENÓR, tenori, s.m. 1. Cea mai înaltă voce bărbătească; cântăreţ care are o astfel de voce. ♢ Tenor dramatic = voce de tenor cu un timbru asemănător baritonului; cântăreţ cu o astfel de voce. 2. Categorie de instrumente de suflat cu registrul cel …   Dicționar Român

  • Tenor — Ten or, n. [L., from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F. teneur. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenor} a kind of voice.] 1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tenor — ([ teːnoɐ], Betonung auf der ersten Silbe): bezeichnet inhaltliche Tendenz, Grundton in einer Rede oder einem Schriftstück, speziell in der Rechtsprechung Teil eines gerichtlichen Urteils oder Beschlusses, siehe Tenor (Urteil) einen wichtigen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tenor — sustantivo masculino 1. Área: música Voz con un registro entre el contralto y el barítono. 2. Persona que tiene esta voz: El tenor Alfredo Kraus inaugura la temporada de ópera. 3. Área: música Instrumento musical que, ent …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • tenor — Ⅰ. tenor [1] ► NOUN 1) a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. 2) (before another noun ) referring to an instrument of the second or third lowest pitch in its family: a tenor sax.… …   English terms dictionary

  • tenor — [ten′ər] n. [OFr < L tenere, to hold: see TENANT] 1. general course or tendency [the even tenor of my life] 2. general meaning; drift; purport 3. in a metaphor, that term or concept that is described in a figurative way by the vehicle: see… …   English World dictionary

  • tenor — tènōr m <G tenóra> DEFINICIJA 1. glazb. a. najviši muški glas [dramski (herojski) tenor; lirski tenor] b. meton. pjevač takva glasa 2. pren. razg. ono što tko najviše naglašava (u izlaganju, tekstu itd.) 3. pov. glazb. a. oznaka za ton u… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • tenor — I noun cast, character, content, course, cut, direction, drift, exemplum, feeling, form, gist, idea, import, manner, meaning, mode, mood, nature, purport, sense, sententia, significance, signification, spirit, stamp, subject matter, tendency,… …   Law dictionary

  • tenor — c.1300, general meaning, purpose, drift, from O.Fr. tenour substance, sense (13c.), from L. tenorem (nom. tenor) contents, course, originally a holding on, from tenere to hold (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The musical sense of high male voice is… …   Etymology dictionary

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