terrain
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See also Terrain
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French terrain < Latin terrenum (“‘land, ground’”), prop. neut. of terrenus (“‘consisting of earth’”) < terra (“‘earth’”).
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- Rhymes: -eɪn
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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.
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area
[edit] External links
- terrain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- terrain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum.
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[edit] Noun
terrain m. (plural terrains)
