tercel

English

Noun

tercel (plural tercels)

1. Alternative form of tiercel

Derived terms

• tercel gentle

Anagrams

• electr-

Hungarian

Etymology

terc +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrt͡sɛl]
• Hyphenation: ter‧cel
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophone: terccel

Verb

tercel

1. (intransitive, music) to sing or play a musical instrument in thirds

Conjugation

conjugation of tercel

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tercelek	tercelsz	tercel	tercelünk	terceltek	tercelnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	terceltem	terceltél	tercelt	terceltünk	terceltetek	terceltek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. tercelni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tercelék	tercelél	tercele	tercelénk	tercelétek	tercelének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tercel vala, tercelt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tercelendek	tercelendesz	tercelend	tercelendünk	tercelendetek	tercelendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tercelnék	tercelnél	tercelne	tercelnénk	tercelnétek	tercelnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tercelt volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	terceljek	tercelj or terceljél	terceljen	terceljünk	terceljetek	terceljenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tercelt légyen
Infinitive	tercelni		tercelnem	tercelned	tercelnie	tercelnünk	tercelnetek	tercelniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	tercelés		tercelő	tercelt	―	tercelve (tercelvén)

potential conjugation of tercel

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tercelhetek	tercelhetsz	tercelhet	tercelhetünk	tercelhettek	tercelhetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	tercelhettem	tercelhettél	tercelhetett	tercelhettünk	tercelhettetek	tercelhettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tercelheték	tercelhetél	tercelhete	tercelheténk	tercelhetétek	tercelhetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. tercelhet vala, tercelhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tercelhetendek or tercelandhatok	tercelhetendesz or tercelandhatsz	tercelhetend or tercelandhat	tercelhetendünk or tercelandhatunk	tercelhetendetek or tercelandhattok	tercelhetendenek or tercelandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tercelhetnék	tercelhetnél	tercelhetne	tercelhetnénk	tercelhetnétek	tercelhetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tercelhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tercelhessek	tercelhess or tercelhessél	tercelhessen	tercelhessünk	tercelhessetek	tercelhessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tercelhetett légyen
Inf.	(tercelhetni)		(tercelhetnem)	(tercelhetned)	(tercelhetnie)	(tercelhetnünk)	(tercelhetnetek)	(tercelhetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(tercelhetve / tercelhetvén)

Further reading

• tercel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tarcel, tarcell, tarcelle, tarsell, tarssell, tercelle, tersel, tersell

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tercel, terçuel, from Medieval Latin tertiolus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛrˈsɛːl/, /ˈtɛrsɛl/, /ˈtarsɛl/

Noun

tercel (plural tercelles)

1. tiercel (male bird of prey)

   Synonym: tercelet

Related terms

• tercelet

Descendants

• English: tiercel, tercel, terzel, tassel, tassell, tarcel, tarsel, tarsell, tyercel, tyercle
• → Old Norse: tersél

References

• “tercel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.