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Tenues vs Tenuis - What's the difference?

tenues | tenuis |

As nouns the difference between tenues and tenuis

is that tenues is plural of tenuis while tenuis is a tenuis consonant.

As an adjective tenuis is

of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k.

tenues

English

Noun

    • ----

    tenuis

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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], [?], [s], [?], etc.).

    • Anagrams

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    Noun

    (tenues)
  • (linguistics) a tenuis consonant
  • * 1887 , Max Müller
  • *:The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.

    • Antonyms

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