terrain
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪn
[edit] Noun
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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[edit] Translations
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)
