different between terrain vs territory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.?re?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

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.
2. An area of land or the particular features of it.

Synonyms

• ground

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Further reading

• terrain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• rantier, retrain, trainer

French

Etymology

From Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terr?num.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.???/

Noun

terrain m (plural terrains)

1. ground, landscape
2. field (as in soccer field)

3. lot, plot, parcel

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Descendants

• ? Czech: terén
• Norwegian:

  ? Norwegian Bokmål: terreng

  ? Norwegian Nynorsk: terreng

• ? Swedish: terräng

Further reading

• “terrain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rentrai, ternira, trainer, traîner

Romansch

Alternative forms

• terren (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• taragn (Sutsilvan)
• teragn (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.

Noun

terrain m (plural terrains)

1. (Puter, Vallader) land, soil
2. (Puter) country, land

   Synonym: (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais

English

Etymology

Latin territorium from terra (“the earth”) and -torium (“place of occurrence”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t????t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???t(?)?i/

Noun

territory (countable and uncountable, plural territories)

1. A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
2. (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
3. (Australia) One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
4. A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
5. (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
6. (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
7. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
8. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
9. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
10. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

      The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

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