"terrier" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɹiə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terrier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: terriers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”), from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ters-}}, {{bor|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|fro|chien terrier||terrier dog}} Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”), {{m|fro|chien||dog}} chien (“dog”), {{der|en|fro|terrier||of earth|pos=adjective}} Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), {{der|en|ML.|terrarius||of earth}} Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), {{der|en|la|terra||earth}} Latin terra (“earth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} terrier (plural terriers)
  1. A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier). Categories (lifeform): Dogs Translations (dog): териер (terier) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 㹴犬 (gěngquǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), teriér [masculine] (Czech), terriër [masculine] (Dutch), terrieri (Finnish), terrier [masculine] (French), Terrier [masculine] (German), terrier (Hungarian), brocaire [masculine] (Irish), terjeras [masculine] (Lithuanian), anjing terrier (Malay), łééchąąʼí hadaalzheehígíí (Navajo), terier [masculine] (Polish), terrier [masculine] (Polish), terrier [masculine] (Portuguese), терье́р (terʹjér) [masculine] (Russian), abhag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), chó sục (Vietnamese), chó đào đất (Vietnamese), daeargi [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-terrier-en-noun-tmgZUfGr Disambiguation of Dogs: 33 29 15 18 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 19 22 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 28 20 24 3 Disambiguation of 'dog': 68 32
  2. Someone displaying terrier-like qualities. Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-terrier-en-noun-~UqChl0U Disambiguation of Dogs: 33 29 15 18 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 19 22 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 28 20 24 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tarrier [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɹiə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terrier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: terriers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman terrier, from Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ters-}}, {{bor|en|xno|terrier}} Anglo-Norman terrier, {{der|en|fro|terrier||of earth|pos=adjective}} Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), {{der|en|ML.|terrarius||of earth}} Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), {{der|en|la|terra||earth}} Latin terra (“earth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} terrier (plural terriers)
  1. (law, historical) A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-terrier-en-noun-16Xj3ZJG Disambiguation of Dogs: 33 29 15 18 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 19 22 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 28 20 24 3 Topics: law
  2. (law) An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar. Categories (topical): Law Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-terrier-en-noun-en:inventory Disambiguation of Dogs: 33 29 15 18 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 19 22 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 28 20 24 3 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: periplus, periegesis
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɹiə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terrier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: terriers [plural]
Etymology: Compare Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”). Etymology templates: {{cog|la|terō||to rub, to rub away}} Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), {{m|la|terebra||a borer}} terebra (“a borer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} terrier (plural terriers)
  1. An auger or borer.
    Sense id: en-terrier-en-noun-jxkznorN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for terrier meaning in English (13.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.