terrain

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

terrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)

1. (geology) 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. (chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.

Synonyms

• (area of land): ground

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• “terrain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rantier, retrain, trainer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁɛ̃/

Noun

terrain m (plural terrains)

1. ground, landscape
2. field (as in soccer field)

   Un nouveau terrain de football a été aménagé l’an dernier. ― A new soccer field was built last year.

3. lot, plot, parcel

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Czech: terén
• Norwegian:

  → Norwegian Bokmål: terreng

  → Norwegian Nynorsk: terreng

• → Swedish: terräng

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rentrai, ternira, trainer, traîner

Romansch

Alternative forms

• terren (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• taragn (Sutsilvan)
• teragn (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.

Noun

terrain m (plural terrains)

1. (Puter, Vallader) land, soil
2. (Puter) country, land

   Synonym: (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais