tern C2 Topic:Animals US /tɝːn/ UK /tɜːn/ See IPA manual Freq #58714 Meanings 1 noun a slender seabird related to gulls, typically with long pointed wings and a forked tail An Arctic tern hovered over the water before diving for a fish. Thesaurus Word family Forms terns Related forms gullseabirdArctic tern Etymology Of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish and Norwegian terne and Swedish tärna, all names for the bird. The unrelated rare word tern meaning 'a set of three' has a separate Latin history. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tern **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tɝːn/ **IPA (UK):** /tɜːn/ **Frequency rank:** 58714 ## Meanings 1. a slender seabird related to gulls, typically with long pointed wings and a forked tail ## Examples - An Arctic tern hovered over the water before diving for a fish. ## Related Forms - gull - seabird - Arctic tern ## Etymology Of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish and Norwegian terne and Swedish tärna, all names for the bird. The unrelated rare word tern meaning 'a set of three' has a separate Latin history. ## Topics - Animals markdown