terne

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French terne,[1] 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).

Adjective

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terne (comparative more terne, superlative most terne)

  1. Colourless, drab, dull.
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Etymology 2

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From terneplate,[2] probably from terne (colourless, drab, dull) (see etymology 1) + plate (layer of a material on the surface of something, plating).

Noun

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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

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A variant of tern.

Noun

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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

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  1. ^ Compare terne, adj.1 (and n.1)”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020.
  2. ^ terne, adj.2 and n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018; terne, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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terne (plural ternes)

  1. dull; colourless; drab
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin ternas.

Noun

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terne m (plural ternes)

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

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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terne

  1. vocative masculine singular of ternus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse þerna.

Noun

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

  1. a tern (seabird of family Sternidae)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse þerna. Akin to English tern.

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Noun

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

  1. a tern (seabird of family Sternidae)

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Romani

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Adjective

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terne

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

Spanish

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Verb

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terne

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