tenuta
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈnu.ta/
- Rhymes: -uta
- Hyphenation: te‧nù‧ta
Etymology 1
Noun
tenuta f (plural tenute)
Derived terms
- a tenuta d'aria (“airtight”)
- tenuta di strada (“roadholding”)
Etymology 2
Participle
tenuta f sg
- feminine singular of tenuto
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian tenuta. First attested in the 1656-1688.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: te‧nu‧ta
Noun
tenuta f
- (literary, property law) synonym of czynsz dzierżawczy (“feu duty, ground rent”)
- (historical) lease of royal or princely estates
Declension
Declension of tenuta
Related terms
nouns
- tenutariusz
- tenutarz
- tenutor
References
Further reading
- tenuta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tenuta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tenuta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna