tenace

Borrowed from French tenace

tenace (plural tenaces)

1. (bridge) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.

• major tenace: the first- and third-best cards
• minor tenace: the second- and fourth-best cards

• Canete, cetane

Borrowed from Latin tenax, tenacem. Compare Old French tenais.

• IPA^(key): /tə.nas/

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tenace (plural tenaces)

1. long-lasting
2. tenacious, persistent

• “tenace” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

tenace (not comparable)

1. tenacious

From Latin tenax, tenacem.

tenace (masculine and feminine plural tenaci)

1. strong
2. lasting
3. tenacious

• catene, cenate