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Esperanto
Etymology
terni + -o
Pronunciation
Noun
terno (accusative singular ternon, plural ternoj, accusative plural ternojn)
- sneeze
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ternus, from terni.
Pronunciation
Noun
terno m (plural terni)
- three winning numbers (in a lottery)
- ternion
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Numeral
ternō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ternus
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese terno, from Latin tenerum, with metathesis (compare Spanish tierno), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Compare with its doublet tenro.
Adjective
terno (feminine terna, masculine plural ternos, feminine plural ternas)
- affectionate
- gentle, mild
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin ternus.
Noun
terno m (plural ternos)
- set of three, trio
- Synonym: trio
- (card games) the playing card featuring three pips
- (Brazil) three-piece suit
- Synonym: fato
See also
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit तरुण (taruṇa).
Adjective
terno (feminine terni, plural terne)
- young
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “terno”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 325
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “tern/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 351
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteɾno/
- Rhymes: -eɾno
- Syllabification: ter‧no
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin ternus.
Noun
terno m (plural ternos)
- set of three, trio
- Synonym: trío
- three-piece suit
- (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru) suit (set of clothes)
- Synonyms: traje, ambo
- (colloquial) swearword
- Synonym: disparate
Etymology 2
Verb
terno
- first-person singular present indicative of ternar
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish terno.
Pronunciation
Noun
terno (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ)
- set of things used together (due to similar design or color making a suitable pair)
- Synonym: katerno
- three-piece suit of clothes
- woman's evening gown or formal dress
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams