Tenerife Syllabification: (Ten·er·ife)Pronunciation: /ˌtenəˈrēf, -ˈrif, -ˈrēfā/Definition of Tenerife a volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean, the largest of the Canary Islands; population 866,033 (2008); capital, Santa Cruz. Tenerife in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Tenerife in the British & World English dictionary