terna
التعريفات والمعاني
== Faroese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Norse þerna.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛtna/
==== Noun ====
terna f (genitive singular ternu, plural ternur)
tern (Sterna paradisaea)
===== Declension =====
===== Hyponyms =====
faksaterna
fransaterna
kriterna
vongsvørt terna
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Old Norse þerna.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛɻɳa/
==== Noun ====
terna f (genitive singular ternu, plural ternur)
maid
stewardess, air hostess
===== Declension =====
===== Synonyms =====
(air hostess): flogterna
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tṛṇa, from Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass, herb, straw”). Compare Javanese ꦠꦼꦂꦤ (terna, “sprout”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tərˈna/ [t̪ərˈna]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ter‧na
=== Noun ===
terna (plural terna-terna)
(botany) herb; herbaceous plant
=== Further reading ===
“terna”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.na/
Rhymes: -ɛrna
Hyphenation: tèr‧na
=== Noun ===
terna f (plural terne)
backhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator
=== Further reading ===
terna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
terna in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
terna in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.na]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.na]
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.naː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.na]
=== Numeral ===
terna
inflection of ternus:
nominative/vocative feminine singular
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
=== Numeral ===
ternā
ablative feminine singular of ternus
=== References ===
"terna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ternen
=== Noun ===
terna m or f
definite feminine singular of terne
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Noun ===
terna f
definite singular of terne
== Portuguese ==
=== Adjective ===
terna
feminine singular of terno
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈteɾna/ [ˈt̪eɾ.na]
Rhymes: -eɾna
Syllabification: ter‧na
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin ternī (“three by three, three each”).
==== Noun ====
terna f (plural ternas)
set of three
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
terna
inflection of ternar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“terna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025