"terrain" meaning in French

See terrain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɛ.ʁɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-terrain-ca-Montréal.ogg [Canada], LL-Q150 (fra)-Fhala.K-terrain.wav Forms: terrains [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrēnum. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|terrain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French terrain, {{inh+|fr|fro|terrain}} Inherited from Old French terrain, {{m|fro|terrein}} terrein, {{inh|fr|VL.|*terranum}} Vulgar Latin *terranum, {{inh|fr|la|terrēnum}} Latin terrēnum Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} terrain m (plural terrains)
  1. ground, landscape Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-terrain-fr-noun-F9K6Noub
  2. field (as in soccer field) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Sports areas
    Sense id: en-terrain-fr-noun-SKmnm2rr Disambiguation of Sports areas: 4 85 11 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 93 5
  3. lot, plot, parcel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-terrain-fr-noun-YeahQyLe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for terrain meaning in French (4.4kB)

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    {
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