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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /terˈre.no/
- Rhymes: -eno
- Hyphenation: ter‧ré‧no
Etymology 1
From Latin terrēnus.
Adjective
terreno (feminine terrena, masculine plural terreni, feminine plural terrene)
- ground
piano terreno- ground floor
- earthly, worldly, terrene, terrestrial
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin terrēnum.
Noun
terreno m (plural terreni)
- ground, land, terrain, country
- soil
- field, ground
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Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
terrēnō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of terrēnus
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese terreo, from Latin terrēnus, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽnu, -enu
- Hyphenation: ter‧re‧no
Adjective
terreno (feminine terrena, masculine plural terrenos, feminine plural terrenas)
- terrene; material; earthly; worldly
- Synonyms: material, mundano
- terrestrial (from or relating to the planet Earth)
- Synonyms: terrestre, terreal
Noun
terreno m (plural terrenos)
- terrain (area of land or the particular features of it)
- land (real estate or landed property)
- Synonyms: terra, propriedade
- field (wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals)
- Synonym: campo
- field (course of study or domain of knowledge or practice)
- Synonyms: área, campo, domínio
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈreno/
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: te‧rre‧no
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin terrēnus.
Adjective
terreno (feminine terrena, masculine plural terrenos, feminine plural terrenas)
- (relational) ground; land; earth
- (relational) earthly
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin terrēnum.
Noun
terreno m (plural terrenos)
- land, ground
- Synonym: tierra
- grounds (plural)
- pitch
Derived terms
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