souterrain
English
/ˈsuːtəɹeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (archaeology) An underground chamber or passage sometimes used as a store, especially one associated with Iron Age settlements.
Etymology
Borrowed from French souterrain, sous (under, sub-) + French terrain (ground).
Origin
French
terrain
Gloss
ground
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
地
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- terrain English
- *terranum Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrēnum Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- Souterrain German
- Terrain German
- souterrain Dutch, Flemish
- terrein Dutch, Flemish
- soucoupe French
- souligner French
- soupape French
- sous French
- souterrain French
- souterrainement French
- terrain French
- terreng Norwegian Bokmål
- souterränghus Swedish
- suterena Polish
- suteryna Polish
- teren Polish
- terreng Norwegian Nynorsk
- terræn Danish
- terén Czech
- terrain Old French
- tereno Esperanto
- teren Serbo-Croatian
- терен Serbo-Croatian
- subteran Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teren Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- soubs Middle French
- терен Macedonian