terno

Esperanto

Etymology

terni +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. sneeze

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ternus, from terni.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

terno m (plural terni)

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

Anagrams

• entro, entro-, entrò, treno

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.no]

Numeral

ternō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ternus

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁ.nu/ [ˈtɛɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁ.nu/ [ˈtɛɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɻ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɾ.nu/

• Hyphenation: ter‧no

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

terno (feminine terna, masculine plural ternos, feminine plural ternas)

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, rainha	rei	jóquer, curinga

Further reading

• “terno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “terno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romani

Alternative forms

• tarno

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तरुण (taruṇa).

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] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 351

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɾno/ [ˈt̪eɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -eɾno
• Syllabification: ter‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ternus.

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

Etymology 2

Verb

terno

1. first-person singular present indicative of ternar

Further reading

• “terno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “terno”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish terno.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈteɾno/ [ˈt̪ɛɾ.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾno
• Syllabification: ter‧no

Noun

terno (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ)

1. set of things used together (due to similar design or color making a suitable pair)

   Synonym: katerno

2. three-piece suit of clothes
3. woman's evening gown or formal dress

Derived terms

• katerno
• magkaterno
• magterno

See also

• huwego

Anagrams

• Norte, norte, tenor