terre
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 (France, Paris), IPA : [tɛ:ʁ]: (file)
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Audio: (file) - Homophones: taire, terrent, terres
- Rhymes: -ɛr
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Noun
terre f (plural terres)
Derived terms
- atterrir
- atterrissage
- atterrissement
- atterrisseur
- cul-terreux
- pomme de terre
- redéterrer
- réenterrer
- sel de la terre
- terra rossa
- terrage
- terramare
- terraqué
- terre à foulon
- terre à terre
- terre brûlée
- terre cuite
- terre de bruyère
- terre de la Couronne
- terre de sienne
- terre domaniale
- terre franche
- terre nourricière
- terre publique
- terre rare
- terreau
- terreauter
- terrer
- terrestre
- terrien
- Terrien
- terrigène
- tremblement de terre
Related terms
Verb
terre
- first-person singular present indicative of terrer
- third-person singular present indicative of terrer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of terrer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of terrer
- second-person singular imperative of terrer
Further reading
- “terre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
terre f pl
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) terrē
Middle English
Noun
terre
- Alternative form of ter
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French terre, from Latin terra (“earth”).
Noun
terre f (plural terres)
Related terms
Neapolitan
Noun
terre
Norman
Alternative forms
- tèrre (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French terre, from Latin terra (“earth”).
Noun
terre f (plural terres)
Old French
Etymology
Noun
terre oblique singular, f (oblique plural terres, nominative singular terre, nominative plural terres)
Related terms
Descendants
Tarantino
Noun
terre
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