tenor
Spanish, noun/teˈnoɾ/
tenor is spelled T-E-N-O-R (5 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tenor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Constitución u orden firme y estable de una cosa”.
What does tenor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetenor
- 2
masculinesense, meaning
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Constitución u orden firme y estable de una cosa. 2. Contenido literal de un escrito u oración.
noun: 1. Voz media entre la de contralto y la de barítono.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al tenor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tenor
- tenores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenor?
- /teˈnoɾ/
- [t̪eˈnoɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tenor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenor in Spanish?
tenor appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).