tercel
English
Noun
tercel (plural tercels)
- Alternative form of tiercel
Derived terms
- tercel gentle
Anagrams
- electr-
Hungarian
Etymology
terc + -el (verb-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛrt͡sɛl]
- Hyphenation: ter‧cel
- Rhymes: -ɛl
- Homophone: terccel
Verb
tercel
- (intransitive, music) to sing or play a musical instrument in thirds
Conjugation
conjugation of tercel
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | tercelek | tercelsz | tercel | tercelünk | terceltek | tercelnek |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | terceltem | terceltél | tercelt | terceltünk | terceltetek | terceltek | |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | tercelnék | tercelnél | tercelne | tercelnénk | tercelnétek | tercelnének |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | terceljek | tercelj or terceljél | terceljen | terceljünk | terceljetek | terceljenek |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Infinitive | tercelni | tercelnem | tercelned | tercelnie | tercelnünk | tercelnetek | tercelniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| tercelés | tercelő | tercelt | ― | tercelve | tercelhet | |||
Further reading
- tercel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tarcel, tarcell, tarcelle, tarsell, tarssell, tercelle, tersel, tersell
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tercel, terçuel, from Medieval Latin tertiolus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛrˈsɛːl/, /ˈtɛrsɛl/, /ˈtarsɛl/
Noun
tercel (plural tercelles)
- tiercel (male bird of prey)
- Synonym: tercelet
Related terms
- tercelet
Descendants
- English: tiercel, tercel, terzel, tassel, tassell
- → Old Norse: tersél
References
- “tercel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.