TENUTO Meaning of TENUTO in English /teuh nooh"toh/ ; It. /te nooh"taw/adj. Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value. [ 1890-95; tenere ) tenutus, for L tentus ] Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012