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tenten

/ˈtɛntɛn/

tenten noun: a diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.

Noun

tenten (plural tentens)

  1. (colloquial) A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
    Synonyms:
    nigori, dakuten

Synonyms of tenten

Forms of tenten

pluraltentens
alternative formten-ten
alternative formten ten

Origin of tenten

Borrowed from Japanese 点々(てんてん) (tenten, literally “dots”).

Questions about tenten

What does tenten mean?
Tenten means a diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
What part of speech is tenten?
Tenten is a noun.
How do you pronounce tenten?
Tenten is pronounced /ˈtɛntɛn/.
What is the plural of tenten?
The plural of tenten is tentens.

Words near tenten in the dictionary

  1. tentativenesses
  2. tentatives
  3. tented
  4. tented arch
  5. tenteen
  6. tenten
  7. tentens
  8. tenter
  9. tenter field
  10. tenter fields
  11. tenter frame

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