teras

See also: Teräs, teräs, Teras, terás, and teraš

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras).

Noun

teras (plural terata)

1. (medicine) a grossly malformed fetus

Derived terms

• terato-

• teramorphous

Anagrams

• -aster, reast, earst, treas., taser, setar, stare, TASer, aster-, arste, Stear, sater, stear, aster, tares, Satre, tarse, Sater, arets, tears, resat, rates, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts, Taser

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *teräs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterɑs/, [ˈterɑs]
• Rhymes: -erɑs
• Hyphenation: te‧ras

Noun

teras (genitive terase, partitive terast)

1. steel

   roostevaba teras ― stainless steel

Declension

Declension of teras (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teras	terased
accusative	nom.
	gen.	terase
genitive			teraste
partitive		terast	teraseid
illative		terasesse	terastesse teraseisse
inessive		terases	terastes teraseis
elative		terasest	terastest teraseist
allative		terasele	terastele teraseile
adessive		terasel	terastel teraseil
ablative		teraselt	terastelt teraseilt
translative		teraseks	terasteks teraseiks
terminative		teraseni	terasteni
essive		terasena	terastena
abessive		teraseta	terasteta
comitative		terasega	terastega

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch terras, from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of tras, [Term?], and trass. Cognate with Malay teres.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈteras/ [ˈt̪e.ras]
• Syllabification: te‧ras

Noun

téras (plural teras-teras)

1. terrace (a platform that extends outwards from a building)

   Synonyms: balkon, beranda, langkan

2. terrace (a raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides)
3. terrace (the roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents)

Related terms

• terasering

Etymology 2

From Malay teras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təʀas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈras/ [t̪əˈras]
• Syllabification: te‧ras

Noun

têras (plural teras-teras)

1. heart, pith (of wood)
2. essence
3. core (the inner part of a nuclear reactor)

   Synonym: inti

4. core (atomic nucleus plus inner/core electrons)

   Synonym: inti

Derived terms

• berteras
• berteraskan

• teras berita
• teras kontur

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈras/ [t̪əˈras]
• Syllabification: te‧ras

Noun

têras (plural teras-teras)

1. nonstandard form of tras (“trass”)

Further reading

• “teras”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

terās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of terō

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /təˈras/ [t̪əˈras]
• Rhymes: -ras, -as
• Hyphenation: te‧ras

Noun

teras (Jawi spelling ترس, plural teras-teras or teras²)

1. core; heartwood (the hard, central wood of a tree trunk).

   Synonyms: ibu kayu, pati

   Kayu yang ada teras lebih tahan lama.

   Wood that has a core lasts longer.

2. (figuratively) core; essence; foundation; backbone.

   Synonyms: asas, dasar, inti

   Pendidikan agama adalah teras pembentukan akhlak.

   Religious education is the foundation of character building.

Derived terms

Affixations

• berteras (“having a core; based on”)
• berteraskan (“based on; centered around”)
• menerasi (“to form the core of”)

Compounds

• mata pelajaran teras (“core subject”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: teras (inherited)

Further reading

• "teras" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Noun

teras

1. plural of tera

Romanian

Noun

teras m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of teraz

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	teras	terasul
genitive-dative	teras	terasului
vocative	terasule

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse. Doublet of taraça, a form borrowed from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾas/
• Hyphenation: te‧ras

Noun

teras (definite accusative terası, plural teraslar)

1. terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)

Declension

Declension of teras

	singular	plural
nominative	teras	teraslar
definite accusative	terası	terasları
dative	terasa	teraslara
locative	terasta	teraslarda
ablative	terastan	teraslardan
genitive	terasın	terasların

See also

• taraça