terre

Etymology

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 terre, Franco-Provençal tèrra, Occitan tèrra, Corsican terra.

Pronunciation

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /tɛʁ/

  • Audio (France, Paris), IPA : [tɛ:ʁ]

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): [taɛ̯ʁ]
  • IPA^(key): [tæɛ̯ʁ̥]
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [tæ(ɾ)]
• Homophones: taire, terrent, terres

Noun

terre f (plural terres)

1. earth; soil
2. land, property (delimited area)

Verb

terre

1. first-person singular present indicative of terrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of terrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of terrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of terrer
5. second-person singular imperative of terrer

Further reading

• “terre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

terre f pl

1. plural of terra

Verb

terrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of terreō

Etymology

From Old French terre, from Latin terra (“earth”).

Noun

terre f (plural terres)

1. earth; soil
2. land, property (delimited area)

Noun

terre

1. plural of terra

Alternative forms

• tèrre (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French terre, from Latin terra (“earth”).

Noun

terre f (plural terres)

1. (Guernsey) earth, ground

Etymology

From Latin terra (“earth”).

Noun

terre f (oblique plural terres, nominative singular terre, nominative plural terres)

1. earth; soil
2. land, property (delimited area)

Noun

terre

1. earth