tenant

== English == === Alternative forms === tenaunt, tennant, tennaunt (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.nənt/, enPR: tĕnənt Rhymes: -ɛnənt ==== Noun ==== tenant (plural tenants) One who holds a lease (a tenancy). Synonyms: renter, lessee, (rare) rentee, leaseholder Hyponyms: subtenant, undertenant, sublessee, underlessee (by extension) One who has possession of any place. Synonyms: dweller, occupant c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom sweet tenants of this grove (computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application. Coordinate terms: seat; user (chiefly historical) One who holds a feudal tenure in real property. (property law, by extension) One who owns real estate other than via allodial title. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== tenement ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== tenet ==== Verb ==== tenant (third-person singular simple present tenants, present participle tenanting, simple past and past participle tenanted) To hold as, or be, a tenant. Synonym: lodge (transitive) To inhabit. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”). ==== Noun ==== tenant Misconstruction of tenet. === Anagrams === -netant, Annett == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English tenant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman tenaunt, from Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”). Doublet of tener and tinidor. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: te‧nant === Noun === tenant a tenant; one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant (law) one who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership == French == === Etymology === Present participle of tenir. From Old French tenant; corresponding to Latin tenentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tə.nɑ̃/ === Noun === tenant m (plural tenants) advocate, supporter a single contiguous piece, especially of land d'un seul tenant ― in one piece, in a single holding (in the plural) the land adjoining a property along its longer sides Antonym: aboutissants (historical) tenant, holder (host of a medieval tournament who took on challengers) (law, dated) tenant (holder of a lease) (heraldry) supporter ==== Derived terms ==== tenants et aboutissants tenants et aboutissements === Participle === tenant present participle of tenir ==== Related terms ==== lieutenant === Further reading === “tenant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === entant == Old French == === Alternative forms === tenaunt (Anglo-Norman, noun, adjective, verb) === Etymology === From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem. === Noun === tenant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenanz or tenantz, nominative singular tenanz or tenantz, nominative plural tenant) holder possessor (of land or property); tenant === Adjective === tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante) holder; owner (attributively) sticky; adhesive strong (of an object, etc.) === Verb === tenant present participle of tenir ==== Descendants ==== → English: tenant French: tenant === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tenant) tenant on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tenant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛnant/ === Noun === tenant m (plural tenantiaid) tenant ==== Derived terms ==== tenantiaeth (“tenancy”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tenant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies