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tenant

/ˈtenənt/TEH-nuhnt
/ˈtɛnənt/TEH-nuhnt

Meaningholding

Common meaning: a person who rents property

Journey through time

  1. Frenchtenant‘hold- ing’source
  2. Middle Englishtenantsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftshold- ing → a person who rents propertytenant‘a person who rents property’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French tenant ‘holding’.

Roots

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