terre

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See also: Terre, terré, térre, térré, tèrre, and Tèrre

French

Etymology

From Middle French terre, from Old French terre, from Latin terra (earth), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).

See cognates in regional languages in France : Norman terre, Gallo tèrr or terre, Picard tère, Bourguignon târre, Franco-Provençal tèrra, Occitan tèrra, Corsican terra.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: taire, terrent, terres
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

terre f (plural terres)

  1. earth; soil
  2. land, property (delimited area)

Derived terms

Verb

terre

  1. first-person singular present indicative of terrer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of terrer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of terrer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of terrer
  5. second-person singular imperative of terrer

Further reading


Italian

Noun

terre f pl

  1. plural of terra

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) terrē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of terreō

Middle English

Noun

terre

  1. Alternative form of ter

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French terre, from Latin terra (earth).

Noun

terre f (plural terres)

  1. earth; soil
  2. land, property (delimited area)

Neapolitan

Noun

terre

  1. plural of terra

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French terre, from Latin terra (earth).

Noun

terre f (plural terres)

  1. (Guernsey) earth, ground

Old French

Etymology

From Latin terra (earth).

Noun

terre oblique singularf (oblique plural terres, nominative singular terre, nominative plural terres)

  1. earth; soil
  2. land, property (delimited area)

Descendants

  • Middle French: terre

Tarantino

Noun

terre

  1. earth