terre
Meaning
-
- earth; soil
- land, property (delimited area)
Concepts
brown earth
hard-packed surface
landed estate
malicious gossip
solid ground
terrestrial globe
set ashore
solid earth
dew worm
fishing worm
fertile soil
Din Land
Edwin Herbert Land
earthly concern
worldly concern
earth globe
Synonyms
-lande
la Terre
poudre
Invasion planète Terre
Ver de terre
terre rouge
globe planétaire
Earth
patriedomain:litt
globe terrestre
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɛʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French terre, from Old French terre, from Latin terra (“earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman terre; Gallo tèrr or terre; Picard tère; Bourguignon târre; Franco-Provençal and Occitan tèrra; Corsican terra.
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