terra
Portuguese
/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ/, /ˈtɛ.ɦɐ/
noun
Definitions
- land; region; territory area associated with something
- ground the surface of the Earth outside buildings
- land; property partitioned and measurable area owned by someone
- (sailing) land; dry land; ground places outside a body of water
- earth; soil mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground
- land; homeland
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese terra inherited from Latin terra (earth, land, ground, Earth, soil, dry land) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry), *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
- Tierra Amarilla English
- extraterrestrial English
- reinter English
- saltierra English
- subterrestrial English
- superterrestrial English
- terra English
- terrane English
- terrarium English
- terrel English
- territory English
- toast English
- *interrāre Latin
- *terraceus Latin
- attorreo Latin
- contorreo Latin
- detorreo Latin
- dētergēns Latin
- extorreo Latin
- mediterraneus Latin
- mediterrāneus Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- subterreus Latin
- terra Latin
- terraceus Latin
- terrarius Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrenus Latin
- terrestris Latin
- terreus Latin
- territorium Latin
- terrosus Latin
- terrārius Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- tescum Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- torrens Latin
- torrentem Latin
- torreō Latin
- torridus Latin
- tostum Latin
- tostus Latin
- terra Italian
- tosto Italian
- terrarium Dutch, Flemish
- bientôt French
- désenterrer French
- plutôt French
- sitôt French
- tantôt French
- terre French
- terroir French
- torrentiel French
- tôt French
- aterrar Spanish, Castilian
- aterrizar Spanish, Castilian
- desterrar Spanish, Castilian
- terregoso Spanish, Castilian
- terrón Spanish, Castilian
- tierra Spanish, Castilian
- 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
- terrasse Norwegian Bokmål
- desterrar Portuguese
- terrinha Portuguese
- torrão Portuguese
- *þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þursakōną Proto-Germanic
- *þurskaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstiz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þurzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurznaną Proto-Germanic
- kontinent Norwegian Nynorsk
- terrasse Norwegian Nynorsk
- तृष्णा Sanskrit
- तृष्यति Sanskrit
- tost Middle English
- þurkan Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- þyrsklingr Old Norse
- þyrstr Old Norse
- terre Old French
- terra Galician
- terrón Galician
- թառ Armenian
- թառել Armenian
- թարշամել Armenian
- țară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țăran Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- թառամ Old Armenian
- թառամիմ Old Armenian
- terc Old Irish
- tíraid Old Irish
- desterrar Old Portuguese
- terra Old Portuguese
- *tīros Proto-Celtic
- tsarã Aromanian
- *terzā Proto-Italic
- terra Romansh
- tiara Romansh
- tierra Asturian
- tiere Friulian
- terra Old Occitan
- terrassa Old Occitan
- terra Sicilian
- tera Venetian
- tost Venetian
- tera Papiamentu
- tara Dalmatian
- tiara Dalmatian
- téra Kabuverdianu
- թառել Middle Armenian
- târre Bourguignon
- tera Ladin
- terra Neapolitan
- tiera Istriot
- tarra Corsican
- terra Corsican
- tierra Aragonese
- tera Guinea-Bissau Creole
- tière Picard
- tère Picard
- tera Lombard