tenuis

Meanings

Plural: tenues

Adj

Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t],
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.).

Noun

A tenuis consonant.

Origin / Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin.

Antonyms

aspirate, media

Scrabble Score: 6

tenuis is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tenuis is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tenuis is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

tenuis is a valid Words With Friends word