terreno

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /terˈre.no/
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ter‧ré‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin terrēnus.

Adjective

terreno (feminine terrena, masculine plural terreni, feminine plural terrene)

1. ground

   piano terreno

   ground floor

2. earthly, worldly, terrene, terrestrial

Derived terms

• terrenamente

Etymology 2

From Latin terrēnum.

Noun

terreno m (plural terreni)

1. ground, land, terrain, country
2. soil
3. field, ground

Related terms

• terrestre
• terra

See also

• suolo
• campo

Anagrams

• entrerò, terrone

Latin

Adjective

terrēnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of terrēnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese terreo, from Latin terrēnus, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈʁẽ.nu/ [teˈhẽ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈʁẽ.nu/ [teˈhẽ.nu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teˈʁẽ.nu/ [teˈχẽ.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈʁe.no/ [teˈhe.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈʁe.nu/

• Rhymes: -ẽnu, -enu
• Hyphenation: ter‧re‧no

Adjective

terreno (feminine terrena, masculine plural terrenos, feminine plural terrenas)

1. terrene; material; earthly; worldly

   Synonyms: material, mundano

2. terrestrial (from or relating to the planet Earth)

   Synonyms: terrestre, terreal

Noun

terreno m (plural terrenos)

1. terrain (area of land or the particular features of it)
2. land (real estate or landed property)

   Synonyms: terra, propriedade

3. field (wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals)

   Synonym: campo

4. field (course of study or domain of knowledge or practice)

   Synonyms: área, campo, domínio

Related terms

• terra

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Terreno

References

• “terreno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “terreno” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈreno/ [t̪eˈre.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: te‧rre‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin terrēnus.

Adjective

terreno (feminine terrena, masculine plural terrenos, feminine plural terrenas)

1. (relational) ground; land; earth
2. (relational) earthly

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin terrēnum.

Noun

terreno m (plural terrenos)

1. land, ground

   Synonym: tierra

2. grounds (plural)
3. pitch

Derived terms

• diseño de terreno
• ganar terreno
• reconocer el terreno
• sobre el terreno
• terreno abonado
• terreno baldío
• terreno de transición
• terreno del honor
• terreno inundable

Related terms

• terrenal
• tierra

Further reading

• “terreno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10