🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tenuta

Pronunciation / Transliteration: teˈnu.ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anwesen/ˈanzveːzn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La tenuta comprende una grande villa e vigneti."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large country house or estate with surrounding grounds.

    "Das historische Anwesen wurde wunderschön renoviert."
  2. 2

    A property consisting of land and buildings.

    "Sie kauften ein abgelegenes Anwesen auf dem Land."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle High German 'anewesen', combining the prefix 'an-' and the verb 'wesen' (to be, reside). Historically, it evolved from signifying presence or property to specifically denoting a landed estate, manor, or substantial residential property.

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