tenuto
[t
uh
-
noo
-toh;
Italian
te-
noo
-taw]
/təˈnu toʊ;
Italian
tɛˈnu tɔ/
adjective
1.
Music.
(of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
Origin
1890-95;
<
Italian:
held (past participle of
tenere
) <
Vulgar Latin
*tenūtus,
for
Latin
tentus
British Dictionary definitions for
tenuto
tenuto
/
tɪˈnjuːtəʊ
/
adjective, adverb
1.
(
music
) (of a note) to be held for or beyond its full time value (
written above a note
)
¯
Word Origin
from Italian, literally: held, from
tenere
to hold, from Latin
tenēre