different between geo vs terr

English

Etymology

Norn, from Old Norse gjá.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?j??/

Noun

geo (plural geos)

1. (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

See also

• chine

Anagrams

• EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Clipping of geodriehook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e??jo??]

Noun

geo m

1. (mathematics, slang) set square

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.

Etymology 2

Clipping of geografie.

Alternative forms

• geó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e??jo??]

Noun

geo f

1. geography
2. (rare) geology

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.
• There is no diminutive.

Etymology 3

Clipping of geótj. Possibly from the verb ótte (“to be squinting”), but this is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????o?]

Adjective

geo (comparative geówer, superlative geóws, predicative superlative 't geóws)

1. (obsolete) strange

Middle English

Pronoun

geo

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?i?, i?

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?/

Adverb

?e?

1. once, formerly, of old; before, already, earlier

Spanish

Noun

geo m or f (plural geos)

1. a member of the Grupo Especial de Operaciones

English

Etymology

Abbreviated form of terrorist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

terr (plural terrs)

1. (derogatory, Rhodesia) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
   • 2008, Alexandre Binda, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 30° South Publishers, page 92:

     As he entered the trees, he called, "Terrs left about one minute ago – in a hurry. There is abandoned equipment – no time to collect – moving east on tracks."

   • c. 1970, John Edmond, Black Boots (song), in Troopiesongs (album):

     If a terr's on the run or if he goes to ground,

     It doesn't really matter 'cause they'll hunt him down.

     And if that terr's the first that shoots,

     He got no chance against the Black Boots.

   Synonyms: floppy, gook

Albanian

Etymology

A t- prefixed oblique case of err.

Noun

terr m (indefinite plural terra, definite singular terri, definite plural terrat)

1. dark

See also

• err

Derived terms

• terrtohem

Related terms

• err

Middle English

Noun

terr

1. Alternative form of ter