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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Having three divisions (or leaflets) not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   An island of Maluku, Indonesia.
2. 2
   The largest city in North Maluku, Indonesia.
3. 3
   A North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the island of Ternate.
4. 4
   A municipality of Cavite, Philippines.

Synonyms

All synonyms

compoundternaryternateanternatesetrebletriple

Etymology

Etymology 1

Ultimately, from Latin ternus (“three each”)

Etymology 2

The municipality in the Philippines is named in reference to the Indonesian city of Ternate.

Related phrases

ternate-pinnate

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.