tenebra

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈne.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈne.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈne.bɾa]

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Noun

tenebra f (plural tenebres)

1. profound darkness

   L'autèntic drama no habita en el cor de les tenebres, sinó en les tenebres del cor.

   Authentic drama doesn't reside in the heart of darkness but in the darkness of the heart.

2. (in the plural, Christianity) Tenebrae (Holy Week religious service)

Usage notes

• Used especially in the plural

Further reading

• “tenebra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tenebra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.