tern

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

andorinha

andorinha-do-mar

gavina

Sternidae

gaivina

Sinônimos

seagull

triplex

sea swallow

threefold

triple

trebling

trine

triplicate

triplicity

black noddy

bridled

three time as much

gull

sea gull

ternary

treble

Traduções

sterne

Seeschwalbe

sterna

charrán

stern

fumarel

Sterna

terna

gaviotín

Meerschwalbe

sterna

terno

guifette

larus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tɜːn/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com dinamarquês: terne

Cognato com norueguês: terne

Cognato com sueco: tärna

Herdado de inglês médio: terne

Cognato com francês: 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.