tercel

English

Noun

tercel (plural tercels)

  1. Alternative form of tiercel

Derived terms

Anagrams

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

Further reading

  • tercel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Descendants

  • English: tiercel, tercel, terzel, tassel, tassell, tarcel, tarsel, tarsell, tyercel, tyercle
  • Old Norse: tersél

References

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