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• tenor — n. 1 a a singing voice between baritone and alto or counter tenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. b a singer with this voice. c a part written for it. 2 a an instrument, esp. a viola, recorder, or saxophone, of which the range is… …   Useful english dictionary

• tenor — tenor1 noun 1》 a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. 2》 [as modifier] denoting an instrument of the second or third lowest pitch in its family. 3》 (in full tenor bell) the largest …   English new terms dictionary

• TÉNOR — La voix d’homme la plus élevée, autrefois appelée taille et haute contre. Suivant les caractères du ténor, on distingue ordinairement: le ténor léger, à l’expression souple (don Ferrando dans Cosi fan tutte de Mozart, Almaviva dans Le Barbier de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Tenor (disambiguation) — Tenor (from Latin tenor holder, or tenere hold) means generally: * the true purport and effect of a deed or instrument; * the character or usual pattern of something; * the drift or general meaning of a statement or discourse; * the concept,… …   Wikipedia

• tenor — [ten′ər] n. [OFr < L tenere, to hold: see TENANT] 1. general course or tendency [the even tenor of my life] 2. general meaning; drift; purport 3. in a metaphor, that term or concept that is described in a figurative way by the vehicle: see… …   English World dictionary

• Tenor saxophone — Infobox Instrument name=Tenor saxophone 230px classification= *Wind *Woodwind *Aerophone range=Written Range: lower than written related=Military band family: *Sopranino saxophone *Soprano saxophone *Alto saxophone *Tenor saxophone *Baritone… …   Wikipedia

• tenor — tenorless, adj. /ten euhr/, n. 1. the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift. 2. continuous course, progress, or movement. 3. Rhet. the subject of a metaphor, as she in She is a rose. Cf.… …   Universalium

• Tenor Stuff (Paul Gonsalves) — Infobox Album | Name = Tenor Stuff Type = Album Artist = Paul Gonsalves Released = 1961 Recorded = 1961 Genre = Jazz Length = 49.5 Label = Columbia Lansdowne Jazz Producer = ? Last album = Gettin Together! (1961) This album = Tenor Stuff (1961)… …   Wikipedia

• tenor horn — n. a musical brass wind instrument with valves; the tenor member of the cornet family. * * * ▪ musical instrument also called  Althorn, or Alto Horn,         brass wind instrument derived from the cornet and the valved bugle, or flügelhorn. A… …   Universalium

• tenor — /ˈtɛnə / (say tenuh) noun 1. the course of thought or meaning which runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift: *Still, he must be prepared to alter the tenor of his thoughts in time. –frank dalby davison, 1965. 2. continuous course …  

• tenor — ten•or [[t]ˈtɛn ər[/t]] n. 1) the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift 2) continuous course, progress, or movement: nothing to disturb the even tenor of our lives[/ex] 3) mad a) the adult male …   From formal English to slang