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terre.

earth; soil

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɛʁ/Europe[taɛ̯ʁ]Canada[tæ(ɾ)]Louisiana

  1. earth; soil

    feminine

  2. land, property (delimited area)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/tɛʁ/Europe[taɛ̯ʁ]Canada[tæ(ɾ)]Louisiana

  1. inflection of terrer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of terrer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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