How to pronounce tenant
American English pronunciation
TEN-unt
- IPA
- /ˈtɛnənt/
- Syllables
- TEN · unt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tenant means
A person who pays rent to live in a place
In a sentence: The new tenants moved into the apartment upstairs on Saturday.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old French word meaning "holding," from the Latin tenere, "to hold."
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