terrain

Betekenis

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tə.ˈɹeɪn/

Etymologie

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

Zinnen

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

De commissie verwierf ook aangrenzend areaal van natuurlijk glooiend terrein uit andere bronnen.