terser
French, verb/tɛʁ.se/
terser is spelled T-E-R-S-E-R (6 letters). Terser is a French verb meaning “alternative spelling of tercer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de tercer”.
What does terser mean in English?
verb
- 1
alternative spelling of tercer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Variante de tercer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of terser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- tersant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- tersé participle past
- terse first-person indicative present
- terses indicative present second-person
- tersons first-person indicative plural
- tersez indicative plural present
- tersent indicative plural present
- tersais first-person imperfect indicative
- tersait imperfect indicative singular
- tersions first-person imperfect indicative
- tersiez imperfect indicative plural
- tersaient imperfect indicative plural
- tersai first-person historic indicative
- tersas historic indicative past
- tersa historic indicative past
- tersâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terser?
- /tɛʁ.se/
- \tɛʁ.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.