Tenor

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German tenōr, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /teˈnoːr/, [teˈnoːɐ̯], [tə-], [-ˈnɔɐ̯], (Switzerland) [-ˈnoːr] ==== Noun ==== Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors or Tenores, plural Tenöre or (rare) Tenore) (music) tenor ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== Tenorposaune, Tenorsänger, Tenorstimme Heldentenor === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin tenor. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈteːnoːr/, [ˈteː.noːɐ̯], [-nɔɐ̯], (Switzerland) [-noːr] ==== Noun ==== Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors, no plural) general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor Synonyms: Grundgedanke, Grundton, Grundstimmung (law, Germany, sometimes Austria) operative part of a court order Synonyms: (Germany) Entscheidungsformel, (Switzerland) Dispositiv, (Austria) Urteilsspruch ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms =====  tenorieren (“to impart an operative part”) === Further reading === “Tenor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Tenor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Tenor” in Duden online Tenor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de