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ernes

UK/ɜːnz//ɝːnz/

ernes is the plural of erne.

Meaning of erne

Noun

erne (plural ernes)

  1. A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
    • Ahoi! come kite! Ahoi! come erne from off the fen!1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 20, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 274
  2. (dialectal, poetic) An eagle.
    • the bald erne

See all 5 meanings of erne

Proper noun capitalized: Ernes

Ernes

  1. (plural) plural of Erne

Phrases with ernes

Words that rhyme with ernes

Questions about ernes

What is ernes the plural of?
Ernes is the plural of erne.
What part of speech is ernes?
Ernes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ernes?
Ernes is pronounced /ɜːnz/ (UK).

Words near ernes in the dictionary

  1. Ernandezes
  2. ernas
  3. erne
  4. erned
  5. Ernei
  6. ernes
  7. ernest
  8. Ernesta
  9. Ernestina
  10. Ernestine
  11. Ernestinovo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ernes (page history and authors); Ernes (page history and authors); erne (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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