terra

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See also Terra, and terrà

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
terra

Plural
terrae

terra (plural terrae)

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

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[edit] Noun

terra, f

  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. sand

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terra

  1. third-person singular past historic of terrer.

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[edit] Interlingue

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terra

  1. earth
  2. ground

[edit] Italian

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[edit] Noun

terra f. (plural terre)

  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. soil

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

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terra (genitive terrae); f, first declension

  1. land, earth, ground
  2. the world
  3. (capitalized, proper noun, New Latin) the planet Earth

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

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[edit] Portuguese

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terra (non-capitalized t) f

  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.

[edit] Sicilian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin terra.

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  • IPA: /ˈtɛʐʐa/
  • Hyphenation: tèr‧ra

[edit] Noun

Singular
terra f

Plural
terri

terra f (plural terri)

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

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