/ˈtɛnəʊ/
OriginBorrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (then hwang) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.
- The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.
Formstennos(plural) · Tenno(alternative) · Tennou(alternative)