tenero

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnero/
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: te‧ne‧ro

Noun

tenero

  1. tenderness
    Synonym: tenereco

Derived terms

  • tenera (“tender”, adjective)

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ne.ro/[1][2]
    • Rhymes: -ɛnero
    • Hyphenation: tè‧ne‧ro
  • IPA(key): (regional) /ˈte.ne.ro/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -enero
    • Hyphenation: té‧ne‧ro

Adjective

tenero (feminine tenera, masculine plural teneri, feminine plural tenere, superlative tenerissimo, adverb teneramente)

  1. (also figurative) tender, soft; delicate, kind
    Synonyms: morbido, molle, delicato, gentile, indulgente, tenue
    Antonym: duro
  2. cute

Derived terms

Noun

tenero m (plural teneri)

  1. tender part, soft part
  2. love

References

  1. ^ tenero in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. ^ tenero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • tenero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

tenerō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tener
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