prairie

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French prairie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/
• (US) enPR: prârʹē:
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛəɹi/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): [ˈpɹɛɹi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeːɹi/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeəɹi/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiəɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɹɪ/, /ˈpɹeɹe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɜːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Noun

prairie (plural prairies)

1. An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Coordinate terms

• pampa
• savanna
• steppe

Derived terms

Related terms

• Prairial
• prairillon

Translations

Further reading

• prairie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English prairie, from French prairie, from Middle French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Latin pratum. Re-borrowed from English after Middle Dutch praierie (also from Middle French prairie) fell out of use. Related to prieel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛː.ri/, /ˈprɛ.ri/
• Hyphenation: prai‧rie

Noun

prairie f (plural prairies)

1. prairie [from ca. 1830s]
   • 1831, James Fenimore Cooper, De prairie, of Grazige woestijn van Noord-Amerika, vol. 1, tr. from English, A. & J. Honkoop (publ.), page 339.

Derived terms

• prairiegras
• prairiehond
• prairie-indiaan
• prairiepaard
• prairiewolf

Related terms

• prairial
• prieel

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French praerie, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria, -arium. See also pré and -erie. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. in Old French inherited or borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛ.ʁi/ ~ /pʁe.ʁi/

Noun

prairie f (plural prairies)

1. meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie

Derived terms

• chien de prairie

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• périrai, prierai, riperai