different between terrier vs terra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??i?(?)/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”) from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”)).

Alternative forms

• tarrier (obsolete) (the dog)

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).
2. Someone displaying terrier-like qualities.
3. (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.
4. (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.

Coordinate terms

• periplus
• periegesis

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ter? (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”).

Noun

terrier (plural terriers)

1. An auger or borer.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “terrier”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• “terrier”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• retirer

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

Noun

terrier c (singular definite terrieren, plural indefinite terriere)

1. terrier (a small breed of dog)

Declension

References

• “terrier” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Medieval Latin terr?rius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”); or equivalent to terre +? -ier. Most terrier breeds were developed to hunt vermin both over and under the ground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.?je/

Adjective

terrier (feminine singular terrière, masculine plural terriers, feminine plural terrières)

1. (archaic) relating to the ground, earth or land
2. enumerating seignorial rights, notably in livre terrier (a register of land)

Derived terms

• chien terrier (“terrier dog”)
• chienne terrier (“terrier bitch”)
• livre terrier (“land register”)
• papier terrier (“register of landed property”)
• plan terrier (“land-use plan”)

Noun

terrier m (plural terriers)

1. hole
2. (fox's) earth; (rabbit) hole or burrow; (badger's) sett
3. terrier (dog)

Derived terms

• terrier de blaireau
• terrier de lapin
• terrier de renard
• sortir de son terrier (“break cover”)
• vivre dans son terrier (“live on one's own”)

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Anagrams

• retirer

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

Noun

terrier m (invariable)

1. terrier (dog)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

Noun

terrier m, f (plural terriers)

1. terrier (a small breed of dog)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

Noun

terrier m (plural terriers or terrier)

1. terrier (dog)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???/

Noun

terra (plural terras or terrae)

1. (astrogeology) A rough upland or mountainous region of the Moon with a relatively high albedo.

Related terms

Anagrams

• Arter, arrêt, arter, rater, retar, tarre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan terra, from Latin terra. Compare Spanish tierra.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?t?.r?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t?.ra/
• Rhymes: -?ra

Noun

terra f (plural terres)

1. earth
2. land

Noun

terra m (plural terres)

1. ground

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “terra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “terra” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “terra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “terra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Alternative forms

• tarra

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

terra f (plural terri)

1. earth
3. Earth

Estonian

Noun

terra

1. illative singular of tera

French

Verb

terra

1. third-person singular past historic of terrer

Anagrams

• arrêt, errât, rater

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese terra, from Latin terra. Cognate with Portuguese terra and Spanish tierra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ra?/

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. soil, earth
2. land, country
3. (in the plural) real estate possesions or heritage

Related terms

• soterrar
• terreo
• territorio

See also

• Terra

References

• “terra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “terra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “terra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “terra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “terra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?r.ra/

Etymology 1

From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terz?, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh?, from *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

terra f (plural terre)

1. ground
2. (colloquial, atechnical synonym of suolo (“terreno”, “soil”)) soil

   Synonyms: suolo, terreno

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Terra (“Earth”)

Noun

terra f (plural terre)

1. (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Terra) planet

   Synonym: pianeta

Derived terms

See also

• geo-
• luna
• mondo
• sole

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *terz?, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh?, from *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with torre?, Ancient Greek ???????? (térsomai), Old Irish tír, Sanskrit ??????? (t???yati), Old English þurst (English thirst).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ter.ra/, [?t??r?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ter.ra/, [?t??r??]

Noun

terra f (genitive terrae); first declension

1. ground, dry land
2. earth, soil, dirt
3. Earth's surface (dry land and sea together; as opposed to the heavens)
   • 29 bc, Vergil, Georgics, III

     omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqve
     et genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcres
     in fvrias ignemqve rvvnt

     So far does every species on earth of man and beast,
     whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged,
     collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex].

5. the world, the globe, earth as a celestial object
6. a land, a region, a country, a territory
   • ad 405, Jerome, Vulgate Bible, Dan. 1:2

     […] et asportavit ea in terram sennaar in domvm dei svi […]

     […] which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god […]

Usage notes

The use of terra to describe the globe as a heavenly body was already established in antiquity, but in New Latin, as the Earth became more indistinguishable from other planets, it gradually came to be treated as a proper noun (see Terra). The English Earth underwent this same transition.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• tell?s

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• terra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• terra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• terra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• terra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• terra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• terra in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Anagrams

• errat

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ter?/

Noun

terra f (plural terre)

1. land

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terz?, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh?, from *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

terra f (oblique plural terras, nominative singular terra, nominative plural terras)

1. land

Related terms

• terrassa

Descendants

• Catalan: terra
• Occitan: tèrra

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese terra, from Latin terra, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?t?.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?t?.??/, [?t??.??]
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /?t?.??/

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

2. land; region; territory (area associated with something)

4. ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings)

6. land; property (partitioned and measurable area owned by someone)

8. (sailing) land; dry land; ground (places outside a body of water)

10. earth; soil (mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground)

12. land; homeland

Synonyms

• (region): região, território
• (ground): chão, solo
• (property): terreno
• (dry land): terra firme
• (homeland): terra natal, terrinha

Related terms

Proper noun

terra f

1. Alternative letter-case form of Terra

Verb

terra

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of terrar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of terrar

See also

• Terra

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) tiara

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

terra f (plural terras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) land, soil
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) country, land
4. (capitalized, proper noun, Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) the planet Earth

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais
• (Sutsilvan) pajis
• (Surmiran) paeis
• (Puter) terrain

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???a/
• Hyphenation: tèr?ra

Noun

terra f (plural terri)

1. land
2. earth
3. soil
4. ground

Related terms

• territoriu
• tirrazzu
• tirrenu