Teri

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English

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Etymology 1

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A spelling variant of Terry, from Teresa.

Proper noun

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Teri

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
    • 2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 34:
      'What's your name, by the way?'
      'Teri.'
      'Terry?'
      She spelt it for him. 'But you can call me Miss Teri.'
      Rebus smiled. 'I'll assume that's an assumed name. Maybe I'll see you around, Miss Teri.'

Etymology 2

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From Teribus ye teri odin, of unknown origin (though possibly Old Welsh).

Proper noun

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Teri

  1. Someone from Hawick.

Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Clipping and -i diminutive of Teréz or Terézia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛri]
  • Hyphenation: Te‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ri

Proper noun

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Teri

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Teréz or Terézia

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Teri Terik
accusative Terit Teriket
dative Terinek Teriknek
instrumental Terivel Terikkel
causal-final Teriért Terikért
translative Terivé Terikké
terminative Teriig Terikig
essive-formal Teriként Terikként
essive-modal
inessive Teriben Terikben
superessive Terin Teriken
adessive Terinél Teriknél
illative Teribe Terikbe
sublative Terire Terikre
allative Terihez Terikhez
elative Teriből Terikből
delative Teriről Terikről
ablative Teritől Teriktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Terié Teriké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Teriéi Terikéi
Possessive forms of Teri
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Terim Terijeim(or Teriim)
2nd person sing. Terid Terijeid(or Teriid)
3rd person sing. Terije Terijei(or Terii)
1st person plural Terink Terijeink(or Teriink)
2nd person plural Teritek Terijeitek(or Teriitek)
3rd person plural Terijük Terijeik(or Teriik)