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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'tenor' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions tenor noun  (archaic) musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. Also a person, instrument, or group that performs in that range. tone, as in "I don't like the of this conversation." (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed. Translations:  adjective  of or pertaining to the tenor part or range He has a voice. Translations:  Etymology: From Latin tenor, holder, from tenere, hold. In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody as opposed to the countertenor.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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