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tenuis

[ten-yoo-is]

noun, plural ten·u·es

[ten-yoo-eez] .

an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin: thin, fine, slender; akin to thin

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tenuis (ˈtɛnjʊɪs)

—n , pl tenues
	(in the grammar of classical Greek) any of the voiceless stops as represented by kappa, pi, or tau (k, p, t)

[C17: from Latin: thin]

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