Inherited fromMiddle Frenchterre, fromOld Frenchterre, fromLatinterra(“earth”), fromProto-Indo-European*ters-(“dry”).
See cognates in regional languages in France:Normanterre;Gallotèrr orterre;Picardtère;Bourguignontârre;Franco-Provençal andOccitantèrra;Corsicanterra.
terre f (pluralterres)
- earth;soil
- land,property(delimited area)
terre
- inflection ofterrer:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
terre f pl
- plural ofterra
terrē
- second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofterreō
terre
- Alternative form ofter
FromOld Frenchterre, fromLatinterra(“earth”).
terre f (pluralterres)
- earth;soil
- land,property(delimited area)
terre
- plural ofterra
FromOld Frenchterre, fromLatinterra(“earth”).
terre f (pluralterres)
- (Guernsey)earth,ground
FromOld Norseþorri. Cognate withIcelandicþorri
terre m (definite singularterrin)
- (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) aperiod between January 13 and February 11, same astorre
- O. Havdal (1968) Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700.
FromLatinterra.
terreoblique singular, f (oblique pluralterres,nominative singularterre,nominative pluralterres)
- earth,soil
- land,property(delimited area)
terre
- inflection ofterrar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
terre
- earth
