terrain
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tə.ˈɹeɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
editterrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)
- (geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- An area of land or the particular features of it.
- The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
- (chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.
- This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
- TOO LOW, TERRAIN
Synonyms
edit- (area of land): ground
Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “terrain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrēnum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editterrain m (plural terrains)
- ground, landscape
- field (as in soccer field)
- Un nouveau terrain de football a été aménagé l’an dernier. ― A new soccer field was built last year.
- lot, plot, parcel
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “terrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editRomansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.
Noun
editterrain m (plural terrains)
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