erne
pronunciation
How to pronounce erne in British English:
UK [ɜːn]
How to pronounce erne in American English:
US [ɜn]
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- Noun:
- bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
Word Origin
- erne (n.)
- "sea eagle," from Old English earn "eagle," from Proto-Germanic *aron-, *arnuz "eagle" (cognates: Old High German arn, German Aar, Middle Dutch arent, Old Norse örn, Gothic ara "eagle"), from PIE root *or- "great bird" (cognates: Greek ornis "bird," Old Church Slavonic orilu, Lithuanian erelis, Welsh eryr "eagle"). The Germanic word also survives in the first element of names such as Arnold and Arthur.
Example
- 1. Mr. erne : the challenges we all have to deal with are related to managing time .
- 2. Erne energetic and relativistic nuclei and electron experiment .
- 3. Mr. erne : when I moved to asia , I had already been working in the bank for many years .
- 4. Mr. erne : we want to make sure the people we get on board understand and share the values that we 've been fostering for 200 years .