tere

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• Rhymes: -eːrə

tere

1. inflection of teer:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

tere

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of teren

• eert, eter, reet, teer, tree

tero +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈtere/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: te‧re

tere

1. on earth

From terve (“healthy”), from Proto-Finnic *terveh (“healthy, well”), possibly from Indo-Iranian.

Cognate with Finnish terve, Ingrian tere, Karelian terveh, Northern Sami dearvvaš, and Võro terveh.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtere/, [ˈtere̞]

• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: te‧re

tere

1. hello, hi (a greeting said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence)

   Synonyms: tervist, terekest, tervitus

   no tere, Juhan ― well hello, Juhan

tere (genitive tere, partitive teret)

1. a hello (an instance of such a greeting)

   võõras andis kohe käega tere ― the stranger immediately waved hello

   Synonym: tervitus

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• “tere”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• tere in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “tere”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “tere”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

• reet

terä +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈtereˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞re̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Syllabification^(key): te‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): te‧re

tere

1. (textiles) piping

compounds

• heijastintere

• “tere”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• reet

tér +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrɛ]
• Hyphenation: te‧re

tere

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tér

Some square names in Budapest use the form tere instead of tér, e.g. Hősök tere, Ferenciek tere, Rózsák tere, Vértanúk tere, Hadak tere, Mindenszentek tere, Ötvenhatosok tere, Magyar jakobinusok tere, Harminckettesek tere, as well as frequently Álmos vezér tere and Örs vezér tere. In most cases (except the last two), the possessive form is deemed necessary because of the plural possessor. The last name, however, alternates with Örs vezér tér.

• terei

From terve (“healthy”). Akin to Estonian tere and Finnish terve.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtere/, [ˈte̞re̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtere/, [ˈte̞re̞]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: te‧re

tere

1. hello

   Tere, miä oon Kolja. ― Hello, I'm Kolja.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:

     O, susi! Tere, tere!

     Oh, a wolf! Hello, hello!

• draastui

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 581

tere

1. second-person singular present active imperative of terō

tere

1. romanization of ᡨᡝᡵᡝ

tere

1. alternative form of teer (“tear”)

tere

1. alternative form of teer (“good”)

tere

1. alternative form of ter (“tar”)

tere

1. alternative form of teren (“to ruin by removing or splitting”)

tere

1. alternative form of teren (“to cry”)

tere class 5 (plural matere class 6)

1. drop

tere oblique singular, f (oblique plural teres, nominative singular tere, nominative plural teres)

1. alternative form of terre

• te, ter

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teže, from Proto-Slavic *te + *že.

• IPA^(key): /tere/

tere (Cyrillic spelling тере)

1. (Croatia, poetic, archaic) and

   Synonyms: i, te

From English tail.

tere

1. tail
   • 1996, H. C. Tiendalli, M. Nickel, Leisi Boekoe na ini Sranan Tongo‎^[2], 3rd edition, Paramaribo, Suriname: Instituut voor Taalwetenschap, page 39:

     Di a dagoe kisi meti a seki en tere.

     When the dog gets meat he wags his tail.

• Aukan: tee

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “tere”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

• tere otu

From Ottoman Turkish تره (tere), from Persian تره (tare).

tere (definite accusative tereyi, plural tereler)

1. cress

• su teresi

tere

1. dative singular of ter

tere

1. plural of tera

From terve or perhaps simply from Estonian tere.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtere/, [ˈtere]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: te‧re

tere

1. hello

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tere”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Old French terre, from Latin terra (“land, earth, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛːʀ/

tere f (plural teres)

1. earth

• daegn

tere

1. tooth