tern

noun · adjectiveA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ternsterne

1.
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.
2.
(dated, obsolete)(dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, rare)(chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.
tern flowers tern leaves
a tern schooner, one with three masts
Đồng nghĩa: ternary, treble, trine, tern, ternary, threefold, treble, triadic, trinary, trine, triple

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Đồng nghĩa

ternary treble trine threefold triadic trinary triple

Cùng gốc / liên quan

ternerysea swallowsea swallow (common tern) one sense

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

osx Via an East Anglian dialect, from some Scandinavian (-) language, related to terne, terne, and tärna, all from Old Norse þerna (tern; maidservant), ultimately from *þewernā (handmaid, young girl). 1670s.