Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 95640 6724080 2009-06-05T20:43:24Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Terrain}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fr}} {{term|terrain|lang=fr}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|terrenum||land, ground}}, prop. neut. of {{term|terrenus||consisting of earth}} < {{term|terra||earth}}. ===Pronunciation=== *: {{rhymes|eɪn}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{geology}} A [[single]], [[distinctive]] [[rock]] [[formation]]; an [[area]] having a [[preponderance]] of a particular rock or group of rocks. # An area of land or the particular features of it. ====Related terms==== * [[terra]] * [[terrace]] * [[terracotta]] * [[terrene]] * [[terrier]] * [[territorial]] * [[territory]] * [[terrestrial]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|area}} * [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|c̈hijta}} * Chinese: [[地域]] * Dutch: [[terrein]] {{trans-mid}} * French: [[#French|terrain]] * Polish: {{t|pl|teren|m}} {{trans-bottom}} ====External links==== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} ---- ==French== ===Etymology=== From {{VL.}} ''[[terranum]]'', from {{etyl|la}} ''[[terrenum]]''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-terrain-ca-Montréal.ogg|audio (CA)}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m}} # [[ground]], [[landscape]], [[#Noun|terrain]] #: ''Un nouveau de '''terrain''' de football a été aménagé l'an dernier.'' [[et:terrain]] [[el:terrain]] [[fr:terrain]] [[gl:terrain]] [[ko:terrain]] [[io:terrain]] [[id:terrain]] [[it:terrain]] [[hu:terrain]] [[ru:terrain]] [[fi:terrain]] [[ta:terrain]] [[vi:terrain]]