different between terrace vs berme

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Translations

Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace

English

Noun

berme (plural bermes)

1. Alternative spelling of berm

Anagrams

• EBMer, Ember, breme, ember

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bèrme (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German werme, from Old High German warm?, equivalent to barm +? -e. Cognate with German Wärme.

Noun

berme m

1. (Luserna) warmth

References

• “berme” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?rm?]
• Rhymes: -?rm?
• Hyphenation: ber?me

Verb

berme

1. first-person plural imperative of brát

French

Etymology

From Dutch berm

Noun

berme f (plural bermes)

1. berm

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English beorma, from Proto-West Germanic *berm?.

Alternative forms

• barme, berm, barm, beorme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?rm(?)/, /?barm(?)/

Noun

berme (uncountable)

1. The head of foam present in beer that is aging.
2. barm (froth used for fermented and leavened food)
3. yeast (fungus that produces barm)
4. (rare) The head of foam present in a glass of beer.

Descendants

• English: barm
• Scots: barm, berme, barme, baurm
• Yola: barrm

References

• “berm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.

Etymology 2

Noun

berme

1. Alternative form of barm (“belly, chest”)