English-German translations for tenor

• Tenor der
  Der Tenor seiner Ausführungen war, die Wiederaufbereitung als unheilvolle Tätigkeit zu verurteilen. The tenor of his remarks is to condemn reprocessing as a sinister activity.
  Insgesamt glaube ich, dass der Tenor dieses Berichts jetzt vertretbar ist. In all, I believe the tenor of this report is now acceptable.
  Herr Präsident, ich kann dem Tenor und der Zielrichtung des Berichts McKenna nur beipflichten. Mr President, I agree with the tenor and the thrust of the McKenna report.

Definition of tenor

• A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto
• A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the ''contratenor bassus'and ''contratenor altus'', who perform countermelodies
• Tone, as of a conversation
• duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career
• The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed
• Stamp; character; nature
• 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
• That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding
• A tenor saxophone
• Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range

Examples

• He has a tenor voice.

Related words

• countertenor
• tenoroon
• tenorite
• Antenor
• tenorrhaphy
• tenorino
• tenor horn
• tenor bassoon
• tenor clef