terno

Esperanto

Etymology

terni +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈterno]
• Hyphenation: ter‧no
• Rhymes: -erno

Noun

terno (accusative singular ternon, plural ternoj, accusative plural ternojn)

1. sneeze

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ternus, from terni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛrno

Noun

terno m (plural terni)

1. three winning numbers (in a lottery)
2. ternion

Anagrams

• entro, entro-, entrò, treno

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Latin

Etymology

See terni

Adjective

ternō

1. dative masculine singular of ternus
2. dative neuter singular of ternus
3. ablative masculine singular of ternus
4. ablative neuter singular of ternus

References

• terno in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɾ.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɾ.nu/, [ˈt̪ɛʁ.n̪ʊ]
• Hyphenation: ter‧no

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese terno, from Latin tener, tenerum, with metathesis (compare Spanish tierno), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Confer with its doublet tenro.

Adjective

terno m (feminine singular terna, masculine plural ternos, feminine plural ternas, comparable)

1. affectionate
2. gentle, mild

Related terms

• terneiro
• ternura

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ternus.

Noun

terno m (plural ternos)

1. set of three, trio

   Synonym: trio

2. (card games) the playing card featuring three pips
3. (Brazil) three-piece suit

   Synonym: fato

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, joker, coringa, curinga

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Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तरुण (taruṇa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tárunas (“young”), Proto-Indo-European *térunos (“tender, soft”), from *ter- (“young, tender”).

Adjective

terno (feminine terni, plural terne)

1. young

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “terno”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 325
• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “tern/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 351

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ternus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɾno/, [ˈt̪eɾ.no]

Noun

terno m (plural ternos)

1. set of three, trio

   Synonym: trío

2. three-piece suit
3. (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru) suit (set of clothes)

   Synonyms: traje, ambo

4. (colloquial) swearword

   Synonym: disparate

Further reading

• “terno” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.