terre-à-terre

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

terre-à-terre (invariable)

1. Alternative form of terre à terre (“down-to-earth”)

Noun

terre-à-terre m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of terre à terre (“that which is concerned with practical day-to-day life, a pace of a horse”)

Adverb

terre-à-terre

1. Alternative form of terre à terre (“coast-hugging (sailing)”)

Further reading

• “terre-à-terre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.