tenace
French, adjective/tə.nas/
tenace is spelled T-E-N-A-C-E (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenace is a French adjective meaning “long-lasting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est adhérent ; qui tient fortement à quelque chose”.
What does tenace mean in English?
adjective
- 1
long-lasting
- 2
tenacious, persistent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est adhérent ; qui tient fortement à quelque chose. 2. Qualifie les plantes et des parties de plantes qui s’attachent, s’accrochent à ce qui les touche, telles que les tiges et les semences du grateron. 3. Dont les parties tiennent fortement ensemble, qui peut soutenir une traction, une pression considérable sans s’allonger, sans se rompre. 4. Dont on ne peut pas se débarrasser ; qui persiste.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tenace
- tenaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenace?
- /tə.nas/
- \tə.nas\
- [t̪ə.n̪as]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tenace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenace in French?
tenace appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).