different between mood vs tenor
mood
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mo?od, IPA(key): /mu?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophone: mooed
Etymology 1
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English m?d (“heart, mind, spirit, mood, temper; courage; arrogance, pride; power, violence”), from Proto-Germanic *m?d?, *m?daz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh?-, *meh?- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition”), Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention”), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor”), German Low German Mood (“mind, heart, courage”), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit”), Danish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness”), Latin m?s (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian ????? (smet?, “to dare, venture”).
Noun
mood (plural moods)
- A mental or emotional state, composure.
- Synonyms: composure, humor, spirit, temperament
- Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
- 1979, Judith Glassman, The Year in Music, 1979 (?ISBN):
- Whatever the mood of her music, funky or romantic, upbeat or blue, sophisticated or simple, her fans get the message. And as long as the word comes from Natalie, they adore it, turning every one of her albums to gold or platinum.
- 1979, Judith Glassman, The Year in Music, 1979 (?ISBN):
- A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
- Synonyms: (informal) huff, pet, temper
- Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits
- 2010, Michelle West, City of Night: A Novel of the House War, Penguin (?ISBN):
- Rath was clearly in a mood, and only Jay could fix that. They found Carver first. Rath was even less amused to see Carver in the drill room than he had been to find Duster. He grabbed Carver with his free hand, and dragged him out.
- 2018, Catherine Lievens, Beacon in the Darkness, eXtasy Books (?ISBN), page 93:
- Joel was obviously in a mood, and if he was going to start yelling, Alex would rather be alone. “What did I do this time?” “It's more what you didn't do, idiot.”
- A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
- Synonyms: huff, frame of mind
- 2018, Rebecca Chastain, A Fistful of Frost, Mind Your Muse Books (?ISBN):
- "The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood."
- A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
- 1994, Kenneth Fearing, Complete Poems, page xxvi:
- This was the mood that led him to deny to Mainstream, the successor to the New Masses , permission to reprint “Reading, Writing, and the Rackets.” This was the mood that, when he was invited to a meeting to draft a letter of protest […]
- 2010, Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Methods Matter, Oxford University Press (?ISBN), page 8:
- By the early 1970s, more than 50,000 American deaths and the accompanying failed foreign-policy objectives had changed the country's mood.
- 1994, Kenneth Fearing, Complete Poems, page xxvi:
- (very colloquial, slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
- Synonym: big mood
- 2019, Kris Ripper, Runaway Road Trip: (A Definitely-Not-Romantic Adventure):
- “I'm only here for a night. I'm road tripping with a friend and he decided we needed a queer bar, stat.” “Oh, that's a whole mood.”
- 2020, Birgit Breidenbach, Aesthetic and Philosophical Reflections on Mood: Stimmung and Modernity, Routledge (?ISBN)
- […] For academics, not being familiar with new phrases that your students cofindently wield is a whole mood. […]
- 2020, Cynthia St. Aubin, Love Bites (Oliver-Heber Books):
- He'd drawn a variety of designs on the white rubber toes. “Nice shoes,” I said. “Likewise,” he said, glancing down at my rockabilly-red peep toe pumps. “Those kicks are a whole-ass mood.” Whether Steven liked them on me or might like to […]
- (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.
- 1440, O lord omnipotent?
- 1440, O lord omnipotent?
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad, foul.
- The phrase with main and mood means "with all one's might".
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ambiance, ambience
- atmosphere
- Gemütlichkeit
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Etymology 2
Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.
Noun
mood (plural moods)
- (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- Synonyms: grammatical mood, mode
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- aspect
- tense
Anagrams
- Doom, Odom, doom
Estonian
Etymology
From German Mode.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?o?d??/
Noun
mood (genitive moe, partitive moodi)
- fashion
- tradition
- appearance, style
- (partitive) style, variety, sort, type
Declension
See also
- moondama
Manx
Pronoun
mood
- second-person singular of mysh
- about you
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English m?d.
Noun
mood
- Alternative form of mode (“intellect, mood, will, courage, nature”)
Etymology 2
From Old French mode.
Noun
mood
- Alternative form of mode (“grammatical mood”)
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tenor
English
Alternative forms
- tenour (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from tene? (“I hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?n?(?)/
- Homophone: tenner
Noun
tenor (countable and uncountable, plural tenors)
- (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.
- (law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- 1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener
- He would have learned , by the whole tenor of the divine law , and especially by the example of the absent Lord , whose property he was for a season trusted with , that he was to do as much good to humanity , and win as much glory to God, as was compatible with the measure of his trust, and for the time for which he might retain it.
- 1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
Coordinate terms
- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female, decreasing in pitch); countertenor, baritone, bass (male, decreasing in pitch)
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
tenor (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
- He has a tenor voice.
- 2009, Richard Smith, Can't You Hear Me Calling: The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Da Capo Press ?ISBN
- Sometimes Charlie would sing notes that were more tenor than original melody, forcing Bill to sing a high baritone-style line.
- 2012, Lily George, Captain of Her Heart, Harlequin ?ISBN, page 173
- The door swung open, and a masculine voice—a little more tenor than Brookes's bass tones—called, “Brookes, come in. Do you have your colleague with you?”
- 2015, Michael J. Senger Sr., The Connection, Lulu Press, Inc ?ISBN
- Kahn was not a big man and he had a voice that was a little more tenor than most preferred.
Translations
See also
- tenor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tenor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Norte, Toner, Trone, noter, toner, torne, trone
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tenor, ten?rem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /t??no/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /te?no?/
Noun
tenor m (plural tenors)
- tone, tendency
- tenor
Related terms
- tenir
Further reading
- “tenor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
Latin teneo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?nor]
Noun
tenor m
- tenor (musical range)
Related terms
Further reading
- tenor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- tenor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?no?r/, [te?no???]
Noun
tenor c (singular definite tenoren, plural indefinite tenorer)
- tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)
Declension
Further reading
- “tenor” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “tenor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tenore, from Medieval Latin tenor or Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??n?r/
- Hyphenation: nor
- Rhymes: -?r
Noun
tenor m (plural tenoren or tenors)
- tenor
Derived terms
- contratenor
Ido
Verb
tenor
- future infinitive of tenar
Indonesian
Etymology
- From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
- Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?n?r]
- Hyphenation: tè?nor
Noun
tenor (first-person possessive tenorku, second-person possessive tenormu, third-person possessive tenornya)
- tenor:
- (music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- (music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (finance) time to maturity of a bond.
Further reading
- “tenor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
tene? (“to hold”) +? -or (“abstract noun suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?te.nor/, [?t??n?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?te.nor/, [?t???n?r]
Noun
tenor m (genitive ten?ris); third declension
- a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
- a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)
- a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
- (Medieval Latin) a seisin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Further reading
- tenor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tenor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- “tenor” on page 2118 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- Wacke, Andreas (21-08-2020) , “Das Rechtswort: Tenor”, in Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung (in German), volume 137, DOI:10.1515/zrgr-2020-0014
Middle English
Noun
tenor
- Alternative form of tenour
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor
Noun
tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorer, definite plural tenorene)
- tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)
References
- “tenor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor
Noun
tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorar, definite plural tenorane)
- tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)
References
- “tenor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- tenëor
- tenour (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology 1
From tenir, cf. also Late Latin tentor.
Noun
tenor m (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenors, nominative plural tenor)
- holder; possessor (one who possesses; one who has)
Descendants
- French: teneur
- ? Dutch: teneur
- ? English: tenor
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin tenor, ten?rem.
Noun
tenor f (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenor, nominative plural tenors)
- possession
- content (of a letter)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tenor, feminine noun, possession)
- tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tenor, ten?rem, with the sense of "tenor" taken from Italian tenore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?no?/, [t?e?no?]
Noun
tenor m (plural tenores)
- tenor
- (formal) sense, meaning
Derived terms
- a tenor de
Anagrams
- norte (see for more anagrams)
Further reading
- “tenor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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