Definitions For Tenui

Noun

{{en-noun, tenues}} (linguistics) A tenuis#adjective, tenuis consonant.

Antonyms

media aspirate

Adjective

(not comparable) (linguistics) Of greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k] (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless ipa letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).

Etymology

{{ubor, en, la, tenuis, , thin, fine; weak}}. {{doublet, en, thin}}.

Anagrams

Suiten, intuse, unites, unties

Is Tenuis a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
8

The word Tenui is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

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