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Meaning of Stern | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

stɜːn

Definitions

A surname.
The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
A bird, the black tern, seabird.
The post of management or direction.
figuratively
The hinder part of anything.
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

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العربية صارم كوثل مؤخرة مؤخّرة القارب متشدد

Azərbaycanca sarğı sərt

Български мрачен неприветлив строг суров твърд

Bosanski akter krma pera pupa sever severa severe tat крма

Català popa Sever

Čeština drsný příkrý přísný strohý tvrdý zad zadák

Cymraeg starn

Dansk agterstavn

Deutsch abschreckend abweisend bitter Düster ernst gestreng hart Heck Hinterschiff Schiffshinterteil streng unfreundlich unnachgiebig unnachsichtig

Ελληνικά αυστηρός βλοσυρός πρύμη πρύμνη

Esperanto pobo poŭpo serioza severa

Español adusto apremiante popa severo

فارسی پاشنه

Suomi ahteri ankara häntä kova kovaluontoinen perä peräsin tuima tyly

Français arriéré austère poupe sévère Stern

Gaeilge deireadh

Galego popa

हिन्दी दबूसा दुंबाल

Hrvatski akter krma pera pupa sever severa severe tat крма

Magyar rideg szigorú tat zord

Հայերեն խիստ նավախել

Íslenska skutur

Italiano arcigno austero duro inflessibile poppa rigido severo

日本語厳格な船尾艫荘厳な

ქართული კიჩო სასტიკი

한국어 嚴 고물 선미

Kurdî dur dûr hard hasin pêra şert sert stêrn ta ta ta tat tat tezî zad

Latina firmatus puppis tetricus

Te Reo Māori tā

Македонски крма

മലയാളം അമര കർക്കശം കർശന

Nederlands achterschip achtersteven streng

Polski rufa surowy

Português austero popa rígido sério severo

Română dur Sever

Русский корма мра́чный строгий суро́вый

Slovenčina korma

Slovenščina krma

Shqip shtreze

Српски akter krma pera pupa sever severa severe tat крма

Svenska akter barsk härd rigorös sträng strikt

Kiswahili Shetri tezi

ไทย ท้ายเรือ

Türkçe haşin katı kıç pupa Sert

Українська строгий суво́рий

Oʻzbekcha quyruq

Examples

“Holonyms: watercraft < vessel”

“Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.”

“and sit chiefest stern of public weal”

“And all attonce her beaſtly bodie raizd / With doubled forces high aboue the ground: / Tho wrapping vp her wrethed ſterne arownd, / Lept fierce vpon his ſhield, [...]”

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