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Definitions and meaning of terne

terne

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɜːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɝn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
• Homophones: tern; turn (fern–fir–fur merger)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French terne, from Middle French, from Old French terne (“dim, dull”), from Frankish *darnī (“concealed, hidden; secret”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark; dirty”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to darken, dim”). Doublet of dern.

Adjective

terne (comparative more terne, superlative most terne)

1. Colourless, drab, dull.

Translations

Etymology 2

From terneplate, probably from terne (“colourless, drab, dull”) (see etymology 1) + plate (“layer of a material on the surface of something, plating”).

Noun

terne (countable and uncountable, plural ternes)

1. (also attributively) An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.
2. Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”).

Etymology 3

A variant of tern.

Noun

terne (plural ternes)

1. Obsolete spelling of tern (“any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail”). [17th c.]

References

Further reading

• terne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Enter, Enter., enter, enter-, entre, rente, treen

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þerna.

Noun

terne c (singular definite ternen, plural indefinite terner)

1. tern (Sternidae)

Declension

Derived terms

• havterne
• fjordterne
• dværgterne

Etymology 2

From Old Danish thærne, from Old Norse þerna, Derived from Old Saxon thiorna. Compare German Dirne.

Noun

terne c (singular definite ternen, plural indefinite terner)

1. (historical) maid, young female servant

Declension

Further reading

• “terne” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁn/

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French terne (“dull, dim”), from Frankish *darnī (“hidden, secret”).

Adjective

terne (plural ternes)

1. dull; colourless; drab

Related terms

• ternir

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ternas.

Noun

terne m (plural ternes)

1. (obsolete) trinity, gathering of three people
2. (backgammon, dice games) double-three
3. (bingo) three in a row

Further reading

• “terne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• enter, entre, entré, rente, renté

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɛr.ne]

Numeral

terne

1. vocative masculine singular of ternus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þerna.

Noun

terne f or m (definite singular terna or ternen, indefinite plural terner, definite plural ternene)

1. a tern (seabird of family Sternidae)

References

• “terne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• enter, entre, entré, erten, ertne, rente, -erten, treen, trene

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þerna. Akin to English tern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɛrnə/

Noun

terne f (definite singular terna, indefinite plural terner, definite plural ternene)

1. a tern (seabird of family Sternidae)

References

• “terne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romani

Adjective

terne

1. inflection of terno:
   1. nominative plural
   2. oblique masculine singular/feminine singular/plural

Spanish

Verb

terne

1. inflection of ternar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative