tern

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

Adj

Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.

Concepts

sterne

guifette

mouette

hirondelle de mer

sterna

sternini

Synonymes

seagull

triplex

sea swallow

threefold

triple

trebling

trine

triplicate

triplicity

black noddy

bridled

three time as much

gull

sea gull

ternary

treble

Traductions

Seeschwalbe

sterna

charrán

stern

fumarel

gaviotín

Sterna

terna

Meerschwalbe

andorinha

larus

terno

sterna

balıkçın

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɜːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à danois: terne

Appartenant à norvégien: terne

Appartenant à suédois: tärna

Hérité de moyen anglais: terne

Appartenant à français: terne

In summary

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.