terne

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

terne (uncountable)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁn/

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.

terne (plural ternes)

1. dull; colourless; drab

• ternir

Borrowed from Latin ternas.

terne m (plural ternes)

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

• enter, entre, entré, rente, renté

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

terne

1. vocative masculine singular of ternus

From Old Norse þerna

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

1. a tern (seabird of family Sternidae)

• “terne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse þerna. Akin to English tern.

• IPA^(key): /²tɛrnə/

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

1. a tern (seabird of family Sternidae)

• “terne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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.