terrain

Signification

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tə.ˈɹeɪn/

Étymologie

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.