See tern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "PIE word\n *tréyes\nThe 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)).\nThe adjective is either derived from the noun, or directly from Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”); see above.",
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},
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with collocations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Botany"
],
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{
"text": "tern flowers tern leaves",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a tern schooner, one with three masts",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple."
],
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"Consisting",
"consist"
],
[
"three",
"three"
],
[
"component",
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],
[
"ternate",
"ternate"
],
[
"threefold",
"threefold"
],
[
"triple",
"triple"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple."
],
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{
"word": "ternary"
},
{
"word": "treble"
},
{
"word": "trine"
},
{
"word": "triple"
}
],
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"not-comparable",
"rare"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "tûrn",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tɜːn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"enpr": "tûrn",
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"General-American"
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"General-American"
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{
"homophone": "tarn"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
}
],
"word": "tern"
}
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