terete

From Latin teres (“rounded (cylindrical)”).

terete (comparative more terete, superlative most terete)

1. Having a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering.

• In common usage, the term terete suggests long and tapering plant stems, but it really describes the circular cross section rather than the length or taper.

• teretiform
• teretial
• teretous

• semiterete
• subterete
• teretish

• Teeter, teeter

• IPA^(key): /t̪əret̪i/

terete

1. metal flute

• Ramamurti, R. S. (1933). Sora–English Dictionary. Delhi: Mittal Publication.

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾete/ [t̪eˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: te‧re‧te

terete m or f (masculine and feminine plural teretes)

1. terete

• “terete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024