tenture

From tendre +‎ -ure.

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.tyʁ/

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tenture f (plural tentures)

1. curtain
2. drape, drapery, (wall) hanging
3. fabric wall-covering
4. funeral hangings

• “tenture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• tuèrent

From Latin tinctūra, future active participle of tingō (“I moisten”).

tenture f (plural tenturis)

1. colouring, dye
2. dyeing (the process)
3. tincture

• tenzi

tentūre

1. vocative masculine singular of tentūrus