# tenu
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tenu
* imperative of teni

## Finnish
### Etymology

Probably from denaturoitu (“denatured”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtenu/, [ˈt̪e̞nu]
* Rhymes: -enu
* Hyphenation: te‧nu

### Noun

tenu
* (slang, dated) Synonym of taloussprii
* (colloquial, by extension) methylated spirit (denatured strong alcohol used e.g. as fuel)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tenu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenuni
tenuni
accusative
nom.
tenuni
tenuni
gen.
tenuni
genitive
tenuni
tenujeni
partitive
tenuani
tenujani
inessive
tenussani
tenuissani
elative
tenustani
tenuistani
illative
tenuuni
tenuihini
adessive
tenullani
tenuillani
ablative
tenultani
tenuiltani
allative
tenulleni
tenuilleni
essive
tenunani
tenuinani
translative
tenukseni
tenuikseni
abessive
tenuttani
tenuittani
instructive
comitative
—tenuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenusi
tenusi
accusative
nom.
tenusi
tenusi
gen.
tenusi
genitive
tenusi
tenujesi
partitive
tenuasi
tenujasi
inessive
tenussasi
tenuissasi
elative
tenustasi
tenuistasi
illative
tenuusi
tenuihisi
adessive
tenullasi
tenuillasi
ablative
tenultasi
tenuiltasi
allative
tenullesi
tenuillesi
essive
tenunasi
tenuinasi
translative
tenuksesi
tenuiksesi
abessive
tenuttasi
tenuittasi
instructive
comitative
—tenuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenumme
tenumme
accusative
nom.
tenumme
tenumme
gen.
tenumme
genitive
tenumme
tenujemme
partitive
tenuamme
tenujamme
inessive
tenussamme
tenuissamme
elative
tenustamme
tenuistamme
illative
tenuumme
tenuihimme
adessive
tenullamme
tenuillamme
ablative
tenultamme
tenuiltamme
allative
tenullemme
tenuillemme
essive
tenunamme
tenuinamme
translative
tenuksemme
tenuiksemme
abessive
tenuttamme
tenuittamme
instructive
comitative
—tenuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenunne
tenunne
accusative
nom.
tenunne
tenunne
gen.
tenunne
genitive
tenunne
tenujenne
partitive
tenuanne
tenujanne
inessive
tenussanne
tenuissanne
elative
tenustanne
tenuistanne
illative
tenuunne
tenuihinne
adessive
tenullanne
tenuillanne
ablative
tenultanne
tenuiltanne
allative
tenullenne
tenuillenne
essive
tenunanne
tenuinanne
translative
tenuksenne
tenuiksenne
abessive
tenuttanne
tenuittanne
instructive
comitative
—tenuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenunsa
tenunsa
accusative
nom.
tenunsa
tenunsa
gen.
tenunsa
genitive
tenunsa
tenujensa
partitive
tenuaan tenuansa
tenujaan tenujansa
inessive
tenussaan tenussansa
tenuissaan tenuissansa
elative
tenustaan tenustansa
tenuistaan tenuistansa
illative
tenuunsa
tenuihinsa
adessive
tenullaan tenullansa
tenuillaan tenuillansa
ablative
tenultaan tenultansa
tenuiltaan tenuiltansa
allative
tenulleen tenullensa
tenuilleen tenuillensa
essive
tenunaan tenunansa
tenuinaan tenuinansa
translative
tenukseen tenuksensa
tenuikseen tenuiksensa
abessive
tenuttaan tenuttansa
tenuittaan tenuittansa
instructive
comitative
—tenuineen tenuinensa :

#### Synonyms

* denaturoitu sprii
* tenttu

#### Derived terms

* tenukeppi

### Further reading

* “tenu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* tuen, unet

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tə.ny/
* Audio:(file)

### Participle

tenu (feminine tenue, masculine plural tenus, feminine plural tenues)
* past participle of tenir

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* tune