terra

See also Terra, terrà, tèrra, and Tèrra

English

Noun

terra (plural terrae)

1. A rough upland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.

Related terms

• terrace
• terracotta
• terrain
• terrene
• terrier
• territorial
• territory
• terrestrial
• Terra
• Terran
• terra firma

Anagrams

• arter, rater, tarre

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛrə/, X-SAMPA: /"tEr@/
• Rhymes: -ɛrə

Noun

terra f (plural terres)

1. earth
2. sand

Noun

terra m (plural terres)

1. ground

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Corsican

Noun

terra f (plural terri)

1. earth
2. Earth

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French

Verb

terra

1. third-person singular past historic of terrer

Anagrams

• arrêt, errât, rater, râter

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• (Audio)

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Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. soil, earth
2. land

See also

• Terra

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Interlingue

Noun

terra

1. earth
2. ground

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈtɛr.ra/

Noun

terra f (plural terre)

1. earth
2. ground
3. soil

Related terms

acqua-terra aria-terra atterrare geo- interrare sotterrare sterrare terra-aria terracotta terraferma terraglia terranova terrapieno terraqueo

terrario terrazzo terremoto terreno terreo terrestre terriccio terricolo terriero terrina territorio terrone terroso

See also

luna mondo sole

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Old Irish (and Irish) tír, Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (tersomai), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati) and Old English þurst (English thirst).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈter.ra/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

terra (genitive terrae); f, first declension

1. land, earth, ground
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:2

     […] et asportavit ea in terram Sennaar in domum dei sui […]

     " […] which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; […] "

2. the world
3. (capitalized, proper noun, New Latin) the planet Earth

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	terra	terrae
genitive	terrae	terrārum
dative	terrae	terrīs
accusative	terram	terrās
ablative	terrā	terrīs
vocative	terra	terrae

Related terms

Mediterranean Terra Australis terra nullius terra firma terrēnus

terrestris terreus terrigena territōrium

Descendants

Aragonese: tierra Aromanian: tsarã Asturian: tierra Catalan: terra Dalmatian: tara, tiara Esperanto: tero Franco-Provençal: tèrra French: terre

Friulian: tiere Galician: terra Interlingua: terra Istriot: tiera Italian: terra Judeo-Spanish: tierra Ligurian: tæra Lombard: tera

Mozarabic: terra Neapolitan: terra Normand: tèrre Novial: tere Occitan: tèrra Old Provençal: terra Piemontese: tèra Portuguese: terra

Romanian: țară Romansch: terra, tiara, teara, tera Sardinian: terra Sicilian: terra Spanish: tierra Venetian: tera

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin terra

Noun

terra f (oblique plural terras, nominative singular terra, nominative plural terras)

1. land

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɛʁɐ/

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. ground, land, soil
2. earth
3. homeland (formally "terra natal", but sometimes shortened as "terra")

   Lá na minha terra tem muitas capivaras.

   There's a lot of capybaras in my homeland.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) tiara

Etymology

Latin terra.

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) land, soil
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) country, land
3. (capitalized, proper noun, Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) the planet Earth

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais
• (Sutsilvan) pajis
• (Surmiran) paeis
• (Puter) terrain

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛʐʐa/
• Hyphenation: tèr‧ra

Noun

terra f (plural terri)

1. land
2. earth
3. soil
4. ground

Related terms

• territoriu
• tirrazzu
• tirrenu