territoire

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin territōrium. Compare the inherited doublet terroir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ/ ~ /te.ʁi.twaʁ/

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• (southern France) IPA^(key): /te.ʁi.ˈtwa.ʁə/

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Noun

territoire m (plural territoires)

1. territory
2. country

Derived terms

• Territoire de Belfort
• Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Related terms

• terre

Descendants

• → Romanian: teritoriu

Further reading

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