terne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

Noun

terne (uncountable)

1. An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin) and used to cover steel.

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁn/

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French terne (“dull, dim”), from *Frankish tarni (“hidden, obscure”), from Proto-Germanic *darnijaz (“concealed, masked, veiled”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, hold tight, support”). Cognate with Old High German tarni (“hidden”), Old English dyrne, dierne (“hidden, secret, obscure, concealed”). More at English dern.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ternas.

Anagrams

• enter, entre, entré, rente, renté

Further reading

• “terne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

terne

1. vocative masculine singular of ternus

Etymology

From Old Norse þerna

Noun

terne f, 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.

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.

Verb

terne

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ternar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ternar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ternar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ternar.