tenoun

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French tenon, from Old French tenon.

Alternative forms

tenon, tenown, tenowne

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛˈnuːn/, /ˈtɛnun/

Noun

tenoun

A tenon; a projecting piece of woodwork.

Descendants

English: tenon

References

“tenǒun (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-08.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin tenōn.

Noun

tenoun

Alternative form of thenoun

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