sterne
See also: Sterne
EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sterne (comparative sterner, superlative sternest)
- Obsolete form of stern.
NounEdit
sterne (plural sternes)
- Obsolete form of stern.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish terne or Swedish tärna, both from Old Norse þerna.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sterne f (plural sternes)
- tern (bird)
Further readingEdit
- “sterne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
sterne f
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
sterne
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
NounEdit
sterne (plural sternes)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- sterne of þe see
- sterne of sternes
- sterneleme
- blasynge sterne
- day sterne
- even sterne
- lode sterne
- se sterne
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sterne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.