Tenor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtenər|  American pronunciation of the word tenor
Brit.  |ˈtenə|  British pronunciation of the word tenor

noun

- the adult male singing voice above baritone
- the pitch range of the highest male voice
- an adult male with a tenor voice
- a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance (syn: strain)
although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument

adjective

- (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
a tenor sax
- of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
tenor voice

Extra examples

He has a high, lilting tenor.

She asked the tenors to sing the line again.

The tenor of his remarks is clear.

Verdi wrote some difficult tenor parts.

She plays the tenor sax.

The prominent tenor soloists outshone even those of the New York scene.

Tenor men are not that hard to find.

Arthur Davies sings the tenor solo.

...the tenor's orotund voice was just what this soaring aria needs...

A clarinetist would double on tenor sax.

Many voters admitted being disturbed by the tenor of the election campaign.

Dave Milton is a school librarian who also blows jazz tenor with the New Jazz Orchestra.

He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso

The tenor was lionized in Vienna

Word forms

noun
singular: tenor
plural: tenors
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