tenet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnɪt/, /ˈtɛnət/
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Rhymes: -ɛnɪt

Noun

tenet (plural tenets)

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Translations

an opinion, belief or principle

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: до́гмат m (dóhmat), дактры́на f (daktrýna), пры́нцып m (prýncyp)
Bulgarian: до́гма (bg) f (dógma), при́нцип (bg) m (príncip)
Catalan: dogma (ca) m, opinió (ca) f, creença (ca) f, principi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原理 (zh) (yuánlǐ), 信條／信条 (zh) (xìntiáo)
Czech: princip (cs) m, dogma n, zásada (cs) f, krédo n
Danish: dogme n, princip n
Dutch: dogma (nl), grondregel (nl), overtuiging (nl), stelling (nl)
Esperanto: dogmo
Finnish: dogmi (fi), opinkappale (fi), periaate (fi)
French: principe (fr) m, croyance (fr) f, dogme (fr) m
Galician: principio (gl) m
German: Dogma (de) n, Grundsatz (de) m, Glaubenssatz m, Theorem (de) n, Grundregel (de) f
Greek: δόγμα (el) n (dógma)
Hungarian: elv (hu), nézet (hu)
Italian: principio (it) m, fondamento (it) m, cardine (it) m
Japanese: 原則 (ja) (げんそく, gensoku), 原理 (ja) (げんり, genri)
Kazakh: қағида (qağida), қағидат (kk) (qağidat)
Korean: 원리(原理) (ko) (wolli), 원칙(原則) (ko) (wonchik)
Malay: rukun, kepercayaan (ms)
Maori: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grunnsetning (no) m or f, dogme n, prinsipp (no) n

Nynorsk: grunnsetning (no) f, dogme n, prinsipp (no) n
Persian: اَصْل (fa) (asl)
Polish: zasada (pl) f, dogmat (pl) m
Portuguese: dogma (pt) m
Russian: до́гмат (ru) m (dógmat), доктри́на (ru) f (doktrína), при́нцип (ru) m (príncip)
Spanish: creencia (es) f, principio (es) m, dogma (es) m
Swedish: grundsats (sv) c, dogm (sv) c
Tagalog: turo (tl)
Turkish: düstur (tr), ilke (tr), prensip (tr)
Ukrainian: до́гмат m (dóhmat), доктри́на f (doktrýna), при́нцип (uk) m (prýncyp)
Vietnamese: nguyên lý (vi), nguyên lí (vi) (原理 (vi)), nguyên tắc (vi) (原則)

Anagrams

etten

Latin

Verb

tenet

third-person singular present active indicative of teneō

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