Tenor

From Middle High German tenōr, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

• IPA^(key): /teˈnoːr/, [teˈnoːɐ̯], [tə-], [-ˈnɔɐ̯], (Switzerland) [-ˈnoːr]

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Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors or Tenores, plural Tenöre or (rare) Tenore)

1. (music) tenor

• Tenorposaune, Tenorsänger, Tenorstimme
• Heldentenor

Borrowed from Latin tenor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːnoːr/, [ˈteː.noːɐ̯], [-nɔɐ̯], (Switzerland) [-noːr]

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors, no plural)

1. general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor

   Synonyms: Grundgedanke, Grundton, Grundstimmung

   Der Tenor der Leserbriefe war ganz überwiegend negativ.

   The tenor of letters to the editor was much predominantly negative.

2. (law, Germany, sometimes Austria) operative part of a court order

   Synonyms: (Germany) Entscheidungsformel, (Switzerland) Dispositiv, (Austria) Urteilsspruch

•  tenorieren (“to impart an operative part”)

• “Tenor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tenor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Tenor” in Duden online
• Tenor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de