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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁa.tɛʁ/ ~ /te.ʁa.tɛʁ/
Adjective
terre-à-terre (invariable)
- Alternative form of terre à terre (“down-to-earth”)
Noun
terre-à-terre m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of terre à terre (“that which is concerned with practical day-to-day life, a pace of a horse”)
Adverb
terre-à-terre
- Alternative form of terre à terre (“coast-hugging (sailing)”)
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