teren
Basque edit
Noun edit
teren
- genitive indefinite of te
Crimean Tatar edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: te‧ren
Adjective edit
teren
Related terms edit
References edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch tēren (“to destroy, to use (up)”), from Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, related to *teraną (“to tear, rip apart”). Cognate with German zehren. Also related with English tear (“to rip”).
Verb edit
teren
- (intransitive) to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
- (intransitive) to live, survive by consumption
- (intransitive, archaic) to rot, to decompose, to waste away
- (intransitive, archaic) to be digested
Inflection edit
Inflection of teren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | teren | |||
past singular | teerde | |||
past participle | geteerd | |||
infinitive | teren | |||
gerund | teren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | teer | teerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | teert | teerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | teert | teerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | teert | teerde | ||
3rd person singular | teert | teerde | ||
plural | teren | teerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | tere | teerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | teren | teerden | ||
imperative sing. | teer | |||
imperative plur.1 | teert | |||
participles | terend | geteerd | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch teren, terren. Equivalent to teer + -en.
Verb edit
teren
- (transitive) to tar
Inflection edit
Inflection of teren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | teren | |||
past singular | teerde | |||
past participle | geteerd | |||
infinitive | teren | |||
gerund | teren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | teer | teerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | teert | teerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | teert | teerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | teert | teerde | ||
3rd person singular | teert | teerde | ||
plural | teren | teerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | tere | teerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | teren | teerden | ||
imperative sing. | teer | |||
imperative plur.1 | teert | |||
participles | terend | geteerd | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Esperanto edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
teren
- to the ground, onto the ground
- 1907, Kabe, chapter 21, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
- La popolo, en festaj vestoj, kun branĉetoj en la manoj, formis spaliron kaj kriis, kantis aŭ falis teren antaŭ la kronprinco.
- The people, in festive clothes and with twigs in their hands, formed a row and shouted, sang, or fell to the ground in front of the crown prince.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin terrēnum. Cf. Italian terreno.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teren m (plural terens)
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Galician edit
Verb edit
teren
- third-person plural personal infinitive of ter
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, related to *teraną (“to tear, rip apart”).
Verb edit
tēren
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “teren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “teren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English teran, from Proto-West Germanic *teran, from Proto-Germanic *teraną.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
teren (third-person singular simple present tereth, present participle terynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tar, past participle torn)
- To tear; to split apart or off (often by ripping):
- To ruin; to devastate:
- To puncture or impale; to make a hole.
- To lash; to strike skin with a whip.
- (rare) To forcibly move or remove.
Usage notes edit
Weak forms occasionally appear in this verb, possibly from a Class 1 weak Old English *teran (distinct from attested strong teran).
Conjugation edit
infinitive | (to) teren, tere, tern | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | tere | tar, tor | |
2nd-person singular | terest | tere, tore, tar, tor | |
3rd-person singular | tereth | tar, tor | |
subjunctive singular | tere | tere1, tore1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | teren, tere, tern | teren, tere, toren, tore | |
imperative plural | tereth, tere | — | |
participles | terynge, terende | toren, tore, torn, ytoren, ytore |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tēren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From teer (“tear”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
teren (third-person singular simple present tereth, present participle terende, terynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tered) (rare)
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: tear
References edit
- “tēren, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.
Etymology 3 edit
From tere (“tear”) + -en (“plural suffix”).
Noun edit
teren (rare)
Nauruan edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teren
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; possibly borrowed from French terrain or English terrain, ultimately from Latin terrēnum.[1] First attested in the 19th century.[2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teren m inan (related adjective terenowy)
- (countable) terrain, land, turf (area of land surface together with a specific shape, vegetation and natural resources, constituting a certain whole) [+ do (genitive)] or [+ pod (accusative) = for what]
- (countable) grounds, site (an area with defined boundaries, organized into a single whole)
- (countable) field, site (place of action)
- Synonym: pole
- (uncountable, colloquial) division, branch, section, subdivision, department, subsection, sector, unit (area governed by local administration or local branches of some institution or organization, perceived as opposed to the headquarters)
- Antonym: centrala
- (countable, literary) field (area of someone's activities)
- Synonym: dziedzina
- (countable, colloquial) splash zone (area covered by the zone of someone's operation)
- Synonym: dziedzina
Declension edit
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Trivia edit
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), teren is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 40 times in scientific texts, 86 times in news, 71 times in essays, 20 times in fiction, and 9 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 226 times, making it the 243rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]
References edit
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “teren”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “teren”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 48
- ^ teren in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “teren”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language][3] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 601
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French terrain, from Vulgar Latin *terrānum, from Latin terrēnum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teren n (plural terenuri)
- pitch (the field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)
- terrain, plot of land, ground, field, soil
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) teren | terenul | (niște) terenuri | terenurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) teren | terenului | (unor) terenuri | terenurilor |
vocative | terenule | terenurilor |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- teren in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tèrēn m (Cyrillic spelling тѐре̄н)