terne
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Definition of terne
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Colourless, drab, dull.
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adj
- Colourless, drab, dull.
noun
- (also, attributive, countable, uncountable)An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.
- (countable, uncountable)Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”).
- (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of tern (“any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail”).
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Etymology
Borrowed from French terne, from Middle French, from Old French terne (“dim, dull”), from Frankish *darnī (“concealed, hidden; secret”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark; dirty”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to darken, dim”). Doublet of dern.
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