terrain
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun [edit]
terrain (plural terrains)
- (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 [edit]
Translations [edit]
area
External links [edit]
- terrain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- terrain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
terrain m (plural terrains)
Anagrams [edit]
Romansch [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum.
Noun [edit]
terrain m (plural terrains)
Synonyms [edit]
- (country, land):
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais
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- English terms derived from French
- English borrowed terms
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Romansch terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch nouns
- Puter Romansch
- Vallader Romansch