tènement
\tɛn.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“tènement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terre tenue d’un seigneur. Synonyme de tenure dans les pays de langue d’oc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tenement · tènement · French
tènement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tènement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛn.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tènement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛn.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tènement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tènement, spelled T-È-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Terre tenue d’un seigneur. Synonyme de tenure dans les pays de langue d’oc.
- 2Pâté de maisons ou réunion de parcelles de terres mitoyennes, qui se tiennent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tènement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Raymond Million, seigneur de Saint Privat, cède en emphytéose aux habitants de Remoulins le tènement de la Garogne.
Nous appelons château le monument situé sur le tènement du Lébous, dans la commune de Saint-Mathieu de Tréviers pour la simple raison qu’il a, sur plan, exactement la forme d’une forteresse moyennageuse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.