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Meaning of Tern | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
tɜːn

Definitions

  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. A thing with three components; a set of three things.
    dated, obsolete
  3. A river in Shropshire, England, which joins the Severn at Atcham; in full, the River Tern.
  4. A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
    dated, obsolete

Equivalents

العربية خرشنة خطّاف البحر
Català xatrac
Čeština rybák
Cymraeg morwennol
Dansk terne
Deutsch Meerschwalbe Seeschwalbe
Ελληνικά στέρνα
Esperanto ŝterno
Español charrán fumarel gaviotín
Suomi tiira
Français sterne
Gaeilge geabhróg scréachóg thrá
Galego carrán
Magyar cser
Íslenska þerna
Italiano sterna
日本語 あじさし 鰺刺
한국어 제비갈매기
Kurdî stêrn
Latina larus
Nederlands stern
Polski rybitwa
Português andorinha-do-mar gaivina
Русский крачка
Slovenčina rybár
Svenska tårna
Українська крячок

Examples

“And yet, now even, if Madonna willed, / She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery, / And better all things.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Ternary ternary alloy ternary code ternary complex ternary compound ternary computer

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