terrain
English
/tə.ˈreɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Borrowed from French terrain (ground) derived from Latin terrenum (land, ground) root from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
Gloss
dry
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
干, 乾
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newfoundland English
- Terra English
- Terran English
- extraterrestrial English
- multiterrain English
- reinter English
- souterrain English
- subterrestrial English
- superterrestrial English
- terrane English
- territory English
- toast English
- *interrāre Latin
- *terranum Latin
- attorreo Latin
- contorreo Latin
- detorreo Latin
- dētergēns Latin
- extorreo Latin
- mediterraneus Latin
- mediterrāneus Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- terra Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrestris Latin
- territorium Latin
- terrēnum Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- tescum Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- torrens Latin
- torrentem Latin
- torreō Latin
- torridus Latin
- tostum Latin
- tostus Latin
- Terrain German
- tosto Italian
- terrein Dutch, Flemish
- bientôt French
- désenterrer French
- plutôt French
- sitôt French
- souterrain French
- tantôt French
- terrain French
- terroir French
- torrentiel French
- tôt French
- μεσόγαιος Ancient Greek
- τέρσομαι Ancient Greek
- ταρσός Ancient Greek
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *ters-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *torséyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s- Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-yé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *térstus Proto-Indo-European
- *térsus Proto-Indo-European
- terreng Norwegian Bokmål
- *þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þursakōną Proto-Germanic
- *þurskaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstiz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þurzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurznaną Proto-Germanic
- teren Polish
- terreng Norwegian Nynorsk
- तृष्णा Sanskrit
- तृष्यति Sanskrit
- tost Middle English
- þurkan Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- þyrsklingr Old Norse
- þyrstr Old Norse
- terræn Danish
- terén Czech
- terrain Old French
- tereno Esperanto
- teren Serbo-Croatian
- терен Serbo-Croatian
- թառ Armenian
- թառել Armenian
- թարշամել Armenian
- teren Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- թառամ Old Armenian
- թառամիմ Old Armenian
- terc Old Irish
- tíraid Old Irish
- *tīros Proto-Celtic
- терен Macedonian
- terrassa Old Occitan
- tost Venetian
- թառել Middle Armenian
- terren Old Catalan