terrain

Signification (Anglais)

1. A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
2. An area of land or the particular features of it.
3. The surface of the earth; the ground.

Concepts

terrain

géographie

pays

poudre

poussière

région

relief

terre

configuration du pays

disposition du terrain

contrée

relief topographie

Synonymes

ground

land

topography

territory

terrene

field

region

grounds

landscape

plot

relief

soil

tract

zone

zona

geographical features

therrene

climate

geography

rock mass

land form

topographic form

land configuration

lithosome

magmatic body

band

geog

campus

country

dirt

district

dust

earth

glebe

landform

layout

lot

physiognomy

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tə.ˈɹeɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

Phrases

The committee also acquired adjacent acreage of naturally rolling terrain from other sources .

Le comité a également acquis une superficie adjacente de terrain qui roule naturellement provenant d'autres sources.