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ten·u·is    Audio Help   [ten-yoo-is] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural ten·u·es    Audio Help   [ten-yoo-eez] Pronunciation Key.
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
[Origin: 1640–50; < L: thin, fine, slender; akin to thin]
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ten·u·is    Audio Help   (těn'yōō-ĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ten·u·es (-yōō-ēz') Linguistics
  1. A voiceless stop.
  2. A voiceless unaspirated stop in ancient Greek.


[New Latin (translation of Greek psīlos), from Latin, thin; see tenuous.]

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