ter
English
Particle
ter
- (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to.
- 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:
Preposition
ter
- (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to.
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:
Abinomn
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *taura, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, (compare Greek ταύρος (távros), Serbo-Croatian tȗr, Danish tyr).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *tarsja, from *torseje, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-. Cognate to Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati), Latin torreo and Old Norse þerra.[1]
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “ter”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 452
Chuukese
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Contraction
ter
- for, for the (followed by a feminine singular noun, e.g., one ending in -ing).
- Stichting ter Bevordering van de Duiksport
- Foundation for the Advancement of Scubadiving
- in the
- De Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is de oudste universiteit van de Nederlanden en tevens de oudste nog bestaande katholieke universiteit ter wereld.
- The Catholic University of Leuven is the oldest university of the Low Countries and also the oldest still existing catholic university in the world.
Usage notes
Like ten, ter occurs mostly in fixed idiomatic expressions, while in (+ de/het) is the standard. Although, with feminine nouns ending in -ing, -te, -heid, etc., it enjoys a limited productivity:
- ter wikifiëring ― intended to be wikified (literally, “in the wikification”)
Derived terms
French
Adverb
ter
- (in street numbering) b; designating a third house with the same number.
- 34 ter rue de Dunkerque ― 34b Dunkirk Street
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese tẽer, from Latin tenēre (“to hold, to have”), present active infinitive of teneō (“I hold, I have”)
Verb
ter (first-person singular present teño, first-person singular preterite tiven, past participle tido)
Conjugation
infinitive | ter | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | tendo | ||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | tido | tidos | |||||
feminine | tida | tidas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
present | teño | tes | ten | temos | tendes, tedes | teñen | |
imperfect | tiña | tiñas | tiña | tiñamos | tiñades | tiñan | |
preterite | tiven | tiveches | tivo | tivemos | tivestes | tiveron | |
pluperfect | tivera | tiveras | tivera | tiveramos | tiverades | tiveran | |
future | terei | terás | terá | teremos | teredes | terán | |
conditional | tería | terías | tería | teriamos | teriades | terían | |
subjunctive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
present | teña | teñas | teña | teñamos | teñades | teñan | |
preterite | tivese | tiveses | tivese | tivésemos | tivésedes | tivesen | |
future | tiver | tiveres | tiver | tivermos | tiverdes | tiveren | |
imperative | — | ti | Vde. | nós | vós | Vdes. | |
affirmative | — | ten | teña | teñamos | tede, tende | teñan | |
negative | — | teñas | teña | teñamos | teñades | teñan | |
personal infinitive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
ter | teres | ter | termos | terdes | teren |
Synonyms
- (to possess): posuir
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin *tris, from Proto-Italic *trēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter/, [tɛr]
Adverb
ter (not comparable)
Usage notes
References
- ter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- hence these tears; there's the rub: hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)
- I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
- one thing still makes me hesitate: unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2)
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
- these are mere empty phrases: haec verba sunt (Ter. Phorm. 3. 2. 32)
- what will become of me: quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37)
- to love and make a bosom friend of a person: aliquem in sinu gestare (aliquis est in sinu alicuius) (Ter. Ad. 4. 5. 75)
- monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
- hence these tears; there's the rub: hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English teoru, teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *dérwom. Forms with a short vowel are possibly from a Old English form *teor with loss of the final vowel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛːr(ə)/, /ˈtɛr/
References
- “tē̆r (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.
Etymology 2
From Old English tēar.
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch têer.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- têr (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese tẽer, from Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō (“I hold”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈteɾ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈte(ʁ)/
- (Paulista) IPA(key): [ˈt̪e(ɾ)], [ˈt̪e(ɹ)]
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): [ˈt̪e(ɾ)], [ˈt̪e(ɻ)]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˈt̪e(h)]
Verb
ter (first-person singular present indicative tenho, past participle tido)
- to have
- (transitive) to own; to possess; to have; to have got
- Eu tenho uma bela casa.
- I have a beautiful house.
- Eu tenho uma bela casa.
- I've got a beautiful house.
- (intransitive) to be rich, to have plenty of money; or, to have enough money to live comfortably
- Os caridosos sempre ajudam os que não têm.
- The charitable always help those who don’t have enough.
- (transitive) to have as a component or to consist of
- Esta frase tem cinco palavras.
- This sentence has five words.
- Lanças têm cabos compridos.
- Spears have long shafts.
- (transitive) to have (to be related in some way to, with the object identifying the relationship)
- Esse livro tem dono.
- This book has an owner.
- Tenho três irmãs.
- I have three sisters.
- (transitive) to be in possession of; to have as part of one’s personal effects; to have in hand
- O senhor tem sua carteira?
- Do you have your wallet on you?
- (transitive) to consist of a certain amount of units of measurement
- Tenho quarenta anos.
- I am forty years old.
- (literally, “I have forty years”)
- Esta caneta tem dez centímetros.
- This pen is ten centimetres long.
- (transitive) to have a certain characteristic
- Este jogo não tem graça.
- This game isn’t fun.
- (literally, “this game doesn’t have fun)”)
- As palavras que dizes têm significado.
- The words you say have meaning.
- (transitive) to be afflicted with a certain disease or other medical condition
- Tu tens um resfriado.
- You have a cold.
- (transitive) indicates that the subject has an event (the object) scheduled
- Temos uma partida de xadrez daqui a uma semana.
- We have a chess match in a week.
- (intransitive) to receive one’s wage
- Ainda não tive esse mês.
- I still haven’t received my wage this month.
- (transitive) to own; to possess; to have; to have got
- (auxiliary with de or que and a verb in the infinitive) must; to have to
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 538:
- Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas...
- I'm sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but, as you can see in my note, Harry has obtained very weak results in my classes...
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 538:
- (auxiliary) to have
- (imperfect indicative forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the past perfect
- Nós tínhamos comido bolo.
- We had eaten cake.
- (present indicative forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the present perfect progressive
- Tenho comido muita carne ultimamente.
- I have been eating a lot of meat lately.
- (conditional forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the conditional perfect
- Eu o teria comprado, se tivesse dinheiro.
- I would have bought it, if I had money.
- (imperfect indicative forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the past perfect
- (impersonal, transitive) there be (to exist, physically or abstractly)
- Amanhã terá aula.
- There will be class tomorrow.
- Tem países em guerra naquela região.
- There are countries at war in that region.
- (transitive) to give birth to
- A vaca terá um bezerro.
- The cow will give birth to a calf.
- Estou tendo gêmeos!
- I'm having twins!
- (copulative or transitive with por or como) to consider (assign some quality to)
- Todos têm João por inteligente.
- Everyone considers John to be intelligent.
- João o tinha como amigo.
- John considered him a friend.
- (transitive with com) to go to; to interact with somebody
- Bíblia Sagrada, edição Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Provérbios 6:6
- Vá ter com a formiga, ó preguiçoso; considera os seus caminhos e sê sábio.
- Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise.
Usage notes
For verbs that distinguish between particípio passado curto (short past participle) and particípio passado longo (long past participle) — for example morrer (“to die”), whose short past participle is morto and long is morrido — when ter is used as an auxiliary verb, the long past participle must be used (like haver, and unlike ser and estar).
Conjugation
Notes:[edit] | ||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | ter | |||||
Personal | ter | teres | ter | termos | terdes | terem |
Gerund | ||||||
tendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | tido | tidos | ||||
Feminine | tida | tidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | tenho | tens | tem | temos | tendes | têm |
Imperfect | tinha | tinhas | tinha | tínhamos | tínheis | tinham |
Preterite | tive | tiveste | teve | tivemos | tivestes | tiveram |
Pluperfect | tivera | tiveras | tivera | tivéramos | tivéreis | tiveram |
Future | terei | terás | terá | teremos | tereis | terão |
Conditional | ||||||
teria | terias | teria | teríamos | teríeis | teriam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | tenha | tenhas | tenha | tenhamos | tenhais | tenham |
Imperfect | tivesse | tivesses | tivesse | tivéssemos | tivésseis | tivessem |
Future | tiver | tiveres | tiver | tivermos | tiverdes | tiverem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | - | tem | tenha | tenhamos | tende | tenham |
Negative (não) | - | tenhas | tenha | tenhamos | tenhais | tenham |
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ter.
Synonyms
- (to possess): possuir
- (to have as a component): possuir
- (to consist of): consistir de
- (to be in possession of): carregar
- (to be afflicted with): sofrer de
- (to receive one’s wage): receber
- (to have to; must): dever, precisar
- (there be): existir, haver
- (to give birth to): dar à luz, parir
- (to consider): considerar
Derived terms
- não tem de que
- não ter nada a ver
- ter a ver
- ter com quê
- ter para si
- ter por bem
- ter por onde
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *teže, from Proto-Slavic *te + *že.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ter/
Swedish
Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *dẹr (“sweat”), cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ter), Karakhanid تَرْ (ter), Azerbaijani tər, etc.
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [teɾ]