"terrain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tə.ˈɹeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terrain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: terrains [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ters-}}, {{ubor|en|fr|terrain}} Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, {{der|en|la|terrenum|t=land, ground}} Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), {{m|la|terrenus|t=consisting of earth}} terrenus (“consisting of earth”), {{m|la|terra|t=earth}} terra (“earth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} terrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)
  1. (geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-terrain-en-noun-s7tgMTNu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 3 19 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. An area of land or the particular features of it. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (area of land): ground Translations (area): reliev [masculine] (Albanian), مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa) [feminine] (Arabic), أَرْض (ʔarḍ) [feminine] (Arabic), مِسَاحَة (misāḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), տեղանք (teġankʿ) (Armenian), relyef (Azerbaijani), ərazi (Azerbaijani), мясцо́васць (mjascóvascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), мясцо́васьць (mjascóvasʹcʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), рэлье́ф (relʹjéf) [masculine] (Belarusian), ме́стност (méstnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), тере́н (terén) [masculine] (Bulgarian), реле́ф (reléf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), terreny [masculine] (Catalan), c̈hijta (Chamicuro), 地域 (dìyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 地形 (dìxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), terén [masculine] (Czech), reliéf [masculine] (Czech), terræn [neuter] (Danish), terrein [neuter] (Dutch), reliëf [neuter] (Dutch), tereno (Esperanto), reljeef (Estonian), pinnareljeef (Estonian), maasto (Finnish), terrain [masculine] (French), teren [masculine] (Friulian), terreo [masculine] (Galician), რელიეფი (reliepi) (Georgian), Terrain [neuter] (German), Gelände [neuter] (German), Land [neuter] (German), Relief [neuter] (German), έδαφος (édafos) [neuter] (Greek), έκταση (éktasi) [feminine] (Greek), terep (Hungarian), medan (Indonesian), terreno [masculine] (Italian), tratto [masculine] (Italian), estensione [feminine] (Italian), spianata [feminine] (Italian), territorio [masculine] (Italian), zona [feminine] (Italian), 地域 (chiiki) (alt: ちいき) (Japanese), 地形 (chikei) (alt: ちけい) (Japanese), លក្ខណៈភូមិសាស្ដ្រនៃដី (lɔɔkkhɑɑnaʼphuumisaasdrɑɑnɨydəy) (Khmer), 지형 (jihyeong) (alt: 地形) (Korean), 지역 (jiyeok) (alt: 地域) (Korean), reljefs [masculine] (Latvian), apvidus [masculine] (Latvian), reljefas [masculine] (Lithuanian), vietovė [feminine] (Lithuanian), терен (teren) [masculine] (Macedonian), релјеф (reljef) [masculine] (Macedonian), terreng [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Launtschoft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), teren [masculine] (Polish), terreno [masculine] (Portuguese), teren [neuter] (Romanian), ме́стность (méstnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), релье́ф (relʹjéf) [masculine] (Russian), тѐре̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tèrēn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), terén [masculine] (Slovak), reliéf [masculine] (Slovak), teren [masculine] (Slovene), terreno [masculine] (Spanish), terräng [common-gender] (Swedish), ภูมิประเทศ (puu-mí-bprà-têet) (Thai), ลักษณะภูมิประเทศ (Thai), arazi (Turkish), місце́вість (miscévistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), рельє́ф (relʹjéf) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-terrain-en-noun-QN4Padae Disambiguation of 'area of land': 8 92 0 Disambiguation of 'area': 43 57 0
  3. (chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-terrain-en-noun-kX-7kb4n Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all-terrain, all-terrain vehicle, controlled flight into terrain, height above average terrain, human terrain, linguistic terrain, terrain awareness and warning system, terrain park, terrain theory

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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "terreng"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Launtschoft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méstnostʹ",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́стность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "relʹjéf",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "релье́ф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тѐре̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tèrēn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terén"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reliéf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teren"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "terräng"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "puu-mí-bprà-têet",
      "sense": "area",
      "word": "ภูมิประเทศ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "area",
      "word": "ลักษณะภูมิประเทศ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "area",
      "word": "arazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "miscévistʹ",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "місце́вість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "relʹjéf",
      "sense": "area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рельє́ф"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "terrain"
  ],
  "word": "terrain"
}

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