ténébreux

French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1100 as tenebrus. Borrowed from Latin tenebrōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /te.ne.bʁø/
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Adjective

ténébreux (feminine ténébreuse, masculine plural ténébreux, feminine plural ténébreuses)

tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian
(of a person) saturnine; moody, somber, melancholic

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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