Associations to the word «Tenuis»

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