tenon

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tenoun, tenown, tenon, from Anglo-Norman tenoun, from Old French tenon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.ən/ 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== mortise-and-tenon joint === Verb === tenon (third-person singular simple present tenons, present participle tenoning, simple past and past participle tenoned) (transitive) To make into a tenon. (transitive) To fit with tenons. === Anagrams === Tenno, nonet, tenno, tonne == French == === Etymology === From ten(ir) +‎ -on. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tə.nɔ̃/ === Noun === tenon m (plural tenons) tenon === Further reading === “tenon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn). Doublet of tendō, a later borrowing. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.noːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.non] === Noun === tenōn m (genitive tenontis); third declension (anatomy) A tendon, nerve ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “tenon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tenon alternative form of tenoun === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tenon alternative form of thenoun