ternate

Ultimately, from Latin ternus (“three each”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːnət/

ternate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having three divisions (or leaflets)

• Arnette, entreat, ratteen

From English ternate, from blue ternate.

• Hyphenation: ter‧na‧te

ternate

1. the butterfly pea; (Clitoria ternatea)

ternate

1. feminine plural of ternato

• entrate, etterna, nettare, netterà, renetta, tentare, tenterà, traente

ternate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ternar combined with te

• tarnate, taranate

Named after Ternate in the Moluccas (present-day Maluku, Indonesia).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /teɾˈnate/ [t̪ɛɾˈn̪aː.t̪ɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ter‧na‧te
• Homophone: Ternate

ternate (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜆᜒ)

1. a type of banana, Musa × paradisiaca (AAB group)

   Synonym: glorya

• “ternate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018