"tern" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɝn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terne.wav [Southern-England], En-us-turn.ogg [General-American]
enPR: tûrn Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Etymology: PIE word *tréyes The noun is derived from Late Middle English terne (“throw of a die or dice showing the number three”), from Old French terne (“gathering of three people; trinity”) (modern French terne), from Latin ternās, the accusative feminine plural of ternī (“three each; three at a time”), from ter (“thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + -ī (from -us (suffix forming adjectives)). The adjective is either derived from the noun, or directly from Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”); see above. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*tréyes}} *tréyes, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{inh|en|enm|terne|t=throw of a die or dice showing the number three}} Middle English terne (“throw of a die or dice showing the number three”), {{der|en|fro|terne|t=gathering of three people; trinity}} Old French terne (“gathering of three people; trinity”), {{cog|fr|terne}} French terne, {{der|en|la|ternās}} Latin ternās, {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{glossary|accusative}} accusative, {{glossary|feminine}} feminine, {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{m|la|ternī|t=three each; three at a time}} ternī (“three each; three at a time”), {{m|la|ter|t=thrice}} ter (“thrice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tréyes|t=three}} Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”), {{m|la|-ī}} -ī, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{m|la|-us|pos=suffix forming adjectives}} -us (suffix forming adjectives), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{der|en|la|ternī|t=three each; three at a time}} Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tern (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple. Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Botany, Three Synonyms: ternary, treble, trine, triple Coordinate_terms: quatern, quine [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-tern-en-adj-r~Sy494V Disambiguation of Three: 43 14 20 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 20 17 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 31 13 14 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɝn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terne.wav [Southern-England], En-us-turn.ogg [General-American] Forms: terns [plural]
enPR: tûrn Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Etymology: Via an East Anglian dialect, from some Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, related to Danish terne, Norwegian terne, and Swedish tärna, all from Old Norse þerna (“tern; maidservant”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“handmaid, young girl”). First attested in the 1670s. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|osx}}, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|da|terne}} Danish terne, {{cog|no|terne}} Norwegian terne, {{cog|sv|tärna}} Swedish tärna, {{der|en|non|þerna|t=tern; maidservant}} Old Norse þerna (“tern; maidservant”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*þewernā|t=handmaid, young girl}} Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“handmaid, young girl”), {{etydate/the|1670s}} the 1670s, {{etydate|1670s}} First attested in the 1670s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tern (plural terns)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Terns Synonyms: terne (alt: 17th c.) [obsolete] Derived forms: ternery Related terms: sea swallow (english: common tern; one sense) Translations (bird of the subfamily Sternidae): κήξ (kḗx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), خَرْشَنَة (ḵaršana) [feminine] (Arabic), garrochín (Asturian), chirri (Asturian), carranclín (Asturian), морска лястовица (morska ljastovica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 海鷗 (Chinese Mandarin), 海鸥 (hǎi'ōu) (Chinese Mandarin), rybák [masculine] (Czech), terne [common-gender] (Danish), stern [masculine] (Dutch), ŝterno (Esperanto), terna [feminine] (Faroese), tiira (Finnish), sterne [feminine] (French), carrán [masculine] (Galician), Seeschwalbe [feminine] (German), Meerschwalbe [feminine] (German), στέρνα (stérna) [feminine] (Greek), csér (Hungarian), þerna [feminine] (Icelandic), alcedo (Ido), geabhróg [feminine] (Irish), scréachóg thrá [feminine] (Irish), sterna [feminine] (Italian), アジサシ (ajisashi) (alt: あじさし) (Japanese), 제비갈매기 (jebigalmaegi) (Korean), larus [masculine] (Latin), sterna [feminine] (Latin), gant Arctagh [masculine] (Manx), gant cadjin [masculine] (Manx), gollan marrey [masculine] (Manx), pares (Mokilese), tónteel táshchozhii (Navajo), daûtchet [masculine] (Norman), terne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), terne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rybitwa [feminine] (Polish), andorinha-do-mar [feminine] (Portuguese), gaivina [feminine] (Portuguese), rândunică-de-mare [feminine] (Romanian), кра́чка (kráčka) [feminine] (Russian), čȉgra [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mòrska lȁstavica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rybár [masculine] (Slovak), čígra [feminine] (Slovene), charrán [masculine] (Spanish), fumarel [masculine] (Spanish), gaviotín [masculine] (Spanish), tärna [common-gender] (Swedish), martapaka (Tiwi), wujirrini (Tiwi), sumrugil (Turkish), кря́чок (krjáčok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), melasval (Volapük), morwennol [feminine] (Welsh), môr-wennol [feminine] (Welsh), stirns [common-gender] (West Frisian), oopal (Wik-Mungkan)
    Sense id: en-tern-en-noun-mC409mim Disambiguation of Terns: 32 40 14 13 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Hyponyms: arctic tern (taxonomic: Sterna paradisaea), black tern (taxonomic: Chlidonias niger), bridled tern, Cabot's tern, Caspian tern, commic tern, common tern (taxonomic: Sterna hirundo), crested tern (taxonomic: Thalasseus bergii), Forster's tern, greater crested tern (taxonomic: Thalasseus bergii), gull-billed tern, hooded tern (taxonomic: Sterna minuta), least tern, lesser crested tern, little tern, marsh tern, river tern, roseate tern, rosy tern, royal tern, sandwich tern, Sandwich tern, sooty tern, swift tern (taxonomic: Thalasseus bergii), whiskered tern, white-winged tern
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɝn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terne.wav [Southern-England], En-us-turn.ogg [General-American] Forms: terns [plural]
enPR: tûrn Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Etymology: PIE word *tréyes The noun is derived from Late Middle English terne (“throw of a die or dice showing the number three”), from Old French terne (“gathering of three people; trinity”) (modern French terne), from Latin ternās, the accusative feminine plural of ternī (“three each; three at a time”), from ter (“thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + -ī (from -us (suffix forming adjectives)). The adjective is either derived from the noun, or directly from Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”); see above. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*tréyes}} *tréyes, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{inh|en|enm|terne|t=throw of a die or dice showing the number three}} Middle English terne (“throw of a die or dice showing the number three”), {{der|en|fro|terne|t=gathering of three people; trinity}} Old French terne (“gathering of three people; trinity”), {{cog|fr|terne}} French terne, {{der|en|la|ternās}} Latin ternās, {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{glossary|accusative}} accusative, {{glossary|feminine}} feminine, {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{m|la|ternī|t=three each; three at a time}} ternī (“three each; three at a time”), {{m|la|ter|t=thrice}} ter (“thrice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tréyes|t=three}} Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”), {{m|la|-ī}} -ī, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{m|la|-us|pos=suffix forming adjectives}} -us (suffix forming adjectives), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{der|en|la|ternī|t=three each; three at a time}} Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tern (plural terns)
  1. (dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.
    Sense id: en-tern-en-noun-BF8istrr
  2. (dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.
    (gambling, dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.     Tags: dated Categories (topical): Betting
    Sense id: en-tern-en-noun-eI987M59 Topics: gambling, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ko",
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          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gollan marrey"
        },
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          "code": "mkj",
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          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
          "word": "pares"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
          "word": "tónteel táshchozhii"
        },
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
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          "word": "daûtchet"
        },
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        },
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "terne"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
          "tags": [
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      "taxonomic": "Chlidonias niger",
      "word": "black tern"
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      "word": "Cabot's tern"
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      "word": "commic tern"
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      "word": "Sandwich tern"
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      "word": "carranclín"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "海鷗"
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      "word": "海鸥"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rybák"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "terne"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "word": "ŝterno"
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      "word": "terna"
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "word": "tiira"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterne"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "carrán"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Meerschwalbe"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "stérna",
      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "στέρνα"
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κήξ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "word": "csér"
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      "code": "is",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "þerna"
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "alcedo"
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
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      "word": "geabhróg"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "scréachóg thrá"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sterna"
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      "word": "アジサシ"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "word": "제비갈매기"
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      "word": "larus"
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      "word": "gant Arctagh"
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      "word": "gant cadjin"
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      "word": "gollan marrey"
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      "code": "mkj",
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      "word": "pares"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "word": "tónteel táshchozhii"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "word": "daûtchet"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "terne"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "terne"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "rybitwa"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "andorinha-do-mar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gaivina"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "rândunică-de-mare"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "кра́чка"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "word": "mòrska lȁstavica"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "charrán"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "fumarel"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "gaviotín"
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      "word": "melasval"
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      "sense": "bird of the subfamily Sternidae",
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      "code": "wim",
      "lang": "Wik-Mungkan",
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