Associations to the word «Tenuis»

Wiktionary

TENUIS, adjective. Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
TENUIS, adjective. (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
TENUIS, noun. (linguistics) a tenuis consonant

Wise words

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Leo Tolstoy