Definizione monolingua

tenor

tenor (plural tenors)

1. (archaic, music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
2. (music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
3. A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
4. Tone, as of a conversation.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 145:

     Colonel Walton, who had striven to check the conversation at moments when he became conscious of its tenor, now gladly engaged his guest on other and more legitimate topics.

5. (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.

tenor (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to the tenor part or range

   He has a tenor voice.

Definizione dizionario tenor

tenore

Altri significati:

The general meaning or substance of an utterance.

(music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

of or pertaining to the tenor part or range

musical performer

Tone, as of a conversation.

(linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.

(archaic, music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the '''contratenor bassus''' and '''contratenor altus''' , who perform countermelodies.

musical range

tone

A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

A musical part or section higher than bass but lower than alto, with a typical range from the C one octave below "middle C" to the G above.