terrene

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Latin terrenus, from terra (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛˈriːn/

Adjective

terrene (comparative more terrene, superlative most terrene)

1. pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial, worldly as opposed to heavenly

   • 1922: Arius, warring his life long upon the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father, and Valentine, spurning Christ’s terrene body, and the subtle African heresiarch Sabellius who held that the Father was Himself His own Son. — James Joyce, Ulysses
   • 1974: For the earth was both celestial and terrene, the down here and the up there. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Related terms

• superterrene
• terra
• terrace
• terracotta
• terrain
• terrier
• territorial
• territory
• terrestrial

Anagrams

• re-enter, reenter, reënter

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Italian

Adjective

terrene pl.

1. feminine form of terreno

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Latin

Adjective

terrēne

1. vocative masculine singular of terrēnus