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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tercelek	tercelsz	tercel	tercelünk	terceltek	tercelnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	terceltem	terceltél	tercelt	terceltünk	terceltetek	terceltek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		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 preterite		indef.	tercelék	tercelél	tercele	tercelénk	tercelétek	tercelének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
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 obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	tercelnék	tercelnél	tercelne	tercelnénk	tercelnétek	tercelnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tercelt volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	terceljek	tercelj or terceljél	terceljen	terceljünk	terceljetek	terceljenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tercelhetek	tercelhetsz	tercelhet	tercelhetünk	tercelhettek	tercelhetnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	tercelhettem	tercelhettél	tercelhetett	tercelhettünk	tercelhettetek	tercelhettek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	tercelheték	tercelhetél	tercelhete	tercelheténk	tercelhetétek	tercelhetének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), 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 obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	tercelhetnék	tercelhetnél	tercelhetne	tercelhetnénk	tercelhetnétek	tercelhetnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tercelhetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	tercelhessek	tercelhess or tercelhessél	tercelhessen	tercelhessünk	tercelhessetek	tercelhessenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tercelhetett légyen
infinitive	(tercelhetni)		(tercelhetnem)	(tercelhetned)	(tercelhetnie)	(tercelhetnünk)	(tercelhetnetek)	(tercelhetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(tercelhetve / tercelhetvén)

Further reading

• tercel in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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.