tenure

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.jʊə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.jə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈtɛn.jɚ/
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• /ˈtɪ̟n.jɚ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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• Australian: /ˈten.jə/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈte̝n.jɘ/
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From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: владе́ние (vladénie) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Chinese Mandarin: 保有 (bǎoyǒu) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Chinese Mandarin: 佔有 /占有 (zhànyǒu) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔任 /担任 (dānrèn) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Dutch: bezit — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Finnish: omistajuus — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Finnish: viranhaltijuus — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Galician: tenza — status of possessing a thing or an office
• German: Besitz — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Greek: θητεία (thiteía) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Hungarian: birtoklás — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Hungarian: tulajdonlás — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Hungarian: hivatali idő — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Italian: essere titolare — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Italian: permanenza in carica — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Italian: gestione — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Japanese: 保有 (hoyū) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Portuguese: tença — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Romanian: posesie — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Russian: владе́ние (vladénije) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Russian: пребыва́ние в до́лжности (prebyvánije v dólžnosti) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Spanish: tenencia — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Telugu: పదవీ కాలం (padavī kālaṁ) — status of possessing a thing or an office
• Bulgarian: период на владеене (period na vladeene) — period of time possessed
• Chinese Mandarin: 保有期 (bǎoyǒuqī) — period of time possessed
• Chinese Mandarin: 佔有期 /占有期 (zhànyǒuqī) — period of time possessed
• Chinese Mandarin: 任期 (rènqī) — period of time possessed
• Finnish: omistusaika — period of time possessed
• Finnish: virkakausi — period of time possessed
• German: Amtszeit — period of time possessed
• Greek: κατοχή (katochí) — period of time possessed
• Italian: durata di un incarico — period of time possessed
• Italian: durata di un mandato — period of time possessed
• Japanese: 保有期間 (hoyū kikan) — period of time possessed
• Polish: kadencja — period of time possessed
• Romanian: durată de mandat — period of time possessed
• Romanian: durata posesiei — period of time possessed
• Romanian: termen de stăpânire — period of time possessed
• Russian: срок владе́ния (srok vladénija) — period of time possessed
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀нда̄т — period of time possessed
• Serbo-Croatian: màndāt — period of time possessed
• Spanish: antigüedad — period of time possessed
• Telugu: పదవీ కాలం (padavī kālaṁ) — period of time possessed
• Chinese Mandarin: 終身職位 /终身职位 (zhōngshēn zhíwèi) — status of having a permanent post
• Dutch: vastbenoemd zijn — status of having a permanent post
• Dutch: een vaste benoeming hebben — status of having a permanent post
• Finnish: vakinaisuus — status of having a permanent post
• French: titularisation — status of having a permanent post
• German: Bekleidung — status of having a permanent post
• German: Innehaben — status of having a permanent post
• German: Inhaberschaft — status of having a permanent post
• Greek: μονιμότητα (monimótita) — status of having a permanent post
• Hebrew: קביעות (kviút) — status of having a permanent post
• Hungarian: kinevezés — status of having a permanent post
• Hungarian: véglegesítés — status of having a permanent post
• Hungarian: állandósítás — status of having a permanent post
• Italian: essere di ruolo — status of having a permanent post
• Italian: titolare di una cattedra — status of having a permanent post
• Japanese: 終身在職権 (shūshin-zaishokken) — status of having a permanent post
• Portuguese: estabilidade — status of having a permanent post
• Romanian: posesie — status of having a permanent post
• Romanian: ocupare — status of having a permanent post
• Russian: пребыва́ние в до́лжности (prebyvánije v dólžnosti) — status of having a permanent post
• Spanish: titularidad — status of having a permanent post
• Spanish: permanencia — status of having a permanent post
• Spanish: cátedra — status of having a permanent post
• Chinese Mandarin: 佔有權 /占有权 (zhànyǒuquán) — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Finnish: läänitys — right to hold land under the feudal system
• French: tenure — right to hold land under the feudal system
• German: Besitztitel — right to hold land under the feudal system
• German: Besitzanspruch — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Greek: δικαίωμα γαιοκτησίας (dikaíoma gaioktisías) — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Hungarian: földbirtoklás — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Hungarian: földtulajdonlás — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Hungarian: földtulajdonjog — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Italian: godimento di un terreno — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Japanese: 世襲 (seshū) — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Romanian: drept de posesie — right to hold land under the feudal system
• Hungarian: véglegesít — to grant tenure
• Hungarian: állandósít — to grant tenure
• Hungarian: kinevez — to grant tenure
• Portuguese: efetivar — to grant tenure