terra

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terra. Doublet of terrier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹə
• Homophone: terror (non-rhotic)

Noun

terra (plural terras or terrae)

1. A continent or large landmass, e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra.
2. A Lunar highland or mountainous region with a relatively high albedo, e.g. Terra Nivium.

Anagrams

• Arter, arrêt, arter, rater, retar, tarre

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan terra, from Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛ.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɛ.ra]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛra

Noun

terra f (plural terres)

1. earth
2. land

Noun

terra m (plural terres)

1. ground

References

• “terra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “terra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “terra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “terra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Alternative forms

• tarra

Etymology

From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terza. Cognates include Italian terra and French terre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrːa/
• Hyphenation: ter‧ra
• Rhymes: -ɛrːa

Noun

terra f (plural terre)

1. earth
2. land
3. soil

References

• “terra, tarra” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Noun

terra

1. illative singular of tera

Etymology

From Old Norse þerra.

Verb

terra (third person singular past indicative terraði, third person plural past indicative terraðu, supine terrað)

1. to dry

Verb

terra

1. third-person singular past historic of terrer

Anagrams

• arrêt, errât, rater

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra. Cognate with Portuguese terra, Catalan terra, and Spanish tierra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛra/ [ˈt̪ɛ.rɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛra

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: te‧rra

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. soil, earth
2. land, country
3. (in the plural) real estate possesions or heritage

See also

• Terra

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “terra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “terra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “terra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “terra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “terra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.ra/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrra
• Hyphenation: tèr‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).

Etymology 2

From Terra (“Earth”).

See also

• geo-
• luna
• mondo
• sole

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).

Cognate with torreō, Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Old Irish tír, Sanskrit तृषा (tṛ́ṣā), Old English þurst (English thirst). Compare the semantics of Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛrːä]

Noun

terra f (genitive terrae); first declension

1. dry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth)
2. ground, floor (the surface of the land)

   Synonym: humus

3. earth, soil, dirt, clay, clod (the substance generally composing the dry land)

   Synonyms: solum, tellūs, humus

4. land, country, region, territory (any given area of dry land)
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.127–128:

     nōbīs habitābitur orbis ultimus, ā terrā terra remōta meā.

     The end of the world will be my dwelling, a land far removed from my land.
     (The poet writes from exile.)

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Daniel 1:2:

     et asportavit ea in terram sennaar in domvm dei svi […]

     […] which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god […]

5. earth (the entire surface of planet Earth; dry land and sea together, as opposed to the heavens)
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics III:

     omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqve
     et genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcres
     in fvrias ignemqve rvvnt

     So far does every species on earth of man and beast,
     whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged,
     collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex].

7. the Earth, the globe, the world (as a celestial object)
   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.17.40:

     num igitur dubitamus—? an sicut pleraque? quamquam hoc quidem minime; persuadent enim mathematici terram in medio mundo sitam ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar optinere, quod κέντρον illi vocant...

     Do we, then, doubt, as we do in other cases (though I think here is very little room for doubt in this case, for the mathematicians prove the facts to us), that the earth is placed in the midst of the universe, being, as it were, a sort of point, which they call a κέντρον, surrounded by the whole heavens...

References

• “terra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “terra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• terra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• terra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the earth; the glob: orbis terrae, terrarum
    
  • the continent: (terra) continens (B. G. 5. 8. 2)
    
  • an inland region; the interior: terra (regio) mediterranea
    
  • the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
    
  • the earth brings forth fruit abundantly: terra fundit fruges
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • the atmosphere: aer terrae circumiectus or circumfusus
    
  • the atmosphere: aer qui est terrae proximus
    
  • a zone: orbis, pars (terrae), cingulus
    
  • to be contiguous, adjacent to a country: tangere, attingere terram
    
  • to be contiguous, adjacent to a country: finitimum esse terrae
    
  • to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous: continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2)
    
  • the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
    
  • the most distant countries, the world's end: ultimae terrae
    
  • the most distant countries, the world's end: extremae terrae partes
    
  • to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land): iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)
    
  • to travel through the most remote countries: disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare)
    
  • to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere
    
  • to sink into the earth: in terram demergi
    
  • to keep one's eyes on the ground: oculos figere in terra and in terram
    
  • geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia)
    
  • to conquer a country: terra potiri
    
  • to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: terram suae dicionis facere
    
  • to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere
    
  • the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
  • to land (of people): appellere navem (ad terram, litus)
    
  • to land, disembark: exire, egredi in terram
    
  • to be unable to land: portu, terra prohiberi (B. C. 3. 15)
    
• “terra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “terra”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Anagrams

• errat

Etymology

Inherited from Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrrə/

Noun

terra f (plural terre)

1. land

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1623: “cade bocconi (colla pancia in terra)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Etymology

Inherited from Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛ.ra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: te‧rra

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. land; region; territory
2. ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings)

   Synonym: chão

3. dry land (places outside a body of water)
4. field (wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals)
5. world; the Earth

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “terra”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN

Etymology

From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

terra f (oblique plural terras, nominative singular terra, nominative plural terras)

1. land

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ha/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁɐ
• Hyphenation: ter‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra.

Etymology 2

See also

• Terra

Alternative forms

• tiara (Sursilvan)

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) land, soil
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) country, land
4. (capitalized, proper noun, Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) the planet Earth

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʐʐa/, /ˈtɛrra/
• Hyphenation: tèr‧ra

Noun

terra f (plural terri)

1. land
2. earth
3. soil
4. ground