sterne

See also: Sterne

English

Adjective

sterne (comparative sterner, superlative sternest)

1. Obsolete form of stern.

Noun

sterne (plural sternes)

1. Obsolete form of stern.

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French

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish terne or Swedish tärna, both from Old Norse þerna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛʁn/
• Homophone: sternes

Noun

sterne f (plural sternes)

1. tern (bird)

Further reading

• “sterne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• entres, entrés
• Ernest
• rentes, rentés
• ternes

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Italian

Noun

sterne f

1. plural of sterna

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Latin

Verb

sterne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sternō

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• stern, starne, starn, sterrne, steorrne

Etymology

From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

Noun

sterne (plural sternes)

1. A luminous body visible in the sky; a star or planet.
2. The shape of a star.

Synonyms

• sterre
• tungol
• planete

Derived terms

• sterne of þe see
• sterne of sternes
• sterneleme
• blasynge sterne
• day sterne
• even sterne
• lode sterne
• se sterne

Descendants

• Northern English: starn
• Scots: starn

References

• “sterne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.