tenebrous
/ˈtenəbɹəs/TEH-nuh-bruhs
/ˈtɛnəbɹəs/TEH-nuh-bruhs
Meaningdark
Common meaning: dark
- tenebrdarknessLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1853 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Journey through time
- Latintenebrae, -ārum‘darkness’
- Frenchtenebreux
- Englishtenebrous‘dark’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin tenebrae ‘darkness’.
Roots
- tenebrae, -ārum Latin “darkness”
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