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

Learned borrowing from Latin tenāx. Compare inherited Old French tenais.

• IPA^(key): /tə.nas/

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tenace (plural tenaces)

1. long-lasting
2. tenacious, persistent

• tenacement

• ténacité

• “tenace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

tenace (not comparable)

1. tenacious

From Latin tenacem.

• IPA^(key): /teˈna.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: te‧nà‧ce

tenace m or f (plural tenaci, superlative tenacissimo)

1. strong
2. lasting
3. tenacious

• tenacemente

• tenacità

• catene, cenate

Borrowed from French tenace, from Latin tenax.

tenace m or f or n (masculine plural tenaci, feminine and neuter plural tenace)

1. tenacious