ter

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ter"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English Tereno.

Symbol

ter

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tereno.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tereno terms

Further reading

• ter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From French ter, from Latin ter

Adjective

ter

1. The third iteration. Used in names of international standards.

Coordinate terms

• bis

English

Particle

ter

1. (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to.
   • 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:

     "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

   • 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, section IV:

     ‘Do you mean ter tell me,’ he growled at the Dursleys, ‘that this boy – this boy! – knows nothin’ abou’ – about ANYTHING?’

Preposition

ter

1. (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to.
   • 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna‎, L.C. Page, →OCLC:

     "But he never speaks ter anybody, child—he hain't for years, I guess, except when he just has to, for business, and all that."

   • 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, section IV:

     ‘What about that tea then, eh?’ he said, rubbing his hands together. ‘I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it, mind.’

Adverb

ter (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to.

Anagrams

• ERT, ETR, Ret., ert, ret

Abinomn

Noun

ter

1. river