terrer

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Etymology

From terra +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Adjective

terrer (feminine terrera, masculine plural terrers, feminine plural terreres)

  1. (relational) earth, ground
    boira terrera ― ground fog

Noun

terrer m (plural terrers)

  1. ground
    Synonym: terreny
  2. earth floor
  3. terroir
  4. (figurative) native soil
  5. clay pit
  6. public dog toilet

Derived terms

Noun

terrer m (plural terrers, feminine terrera)

  1. clay pit worker

Further reading

French

Etymology

From terre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁe/ ~ /te.ʁe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

terrer

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to spread with soil
  2. (pronominal) to crouch down, flatten oneself
  3. (pronominal) to lie low, hide; to go to ground; to hole up

Conjugation

Conjugation of terrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple terrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple terrant
/tɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /te.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle terré
/tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present terre
/tɛʁ/ 		terres
/tɛʁ/ 		terre
/tɛʁ/ 		terrons
/tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁɔ̃/ 		terrez
/tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ 		terrent
/tɛʁ/
imperfect terrais
/tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ 		terrais
/tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ 		terrait
/tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ 		terrions
/tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁjɔ̃/ 		terriez
/tɛ.ʁje/ or /te.ʁje/ 		terraient
/tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/
past historic2 terrai
/tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ 		terras
/tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ 		terra
/tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ 		terrâmes
/tɛ.ʁam/ or /te.ʁam/ 		terrâtes
/tɛ.ʁat/ or /te.ʁat/ 		terrèrent
/tɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /te.ʁɛʁ/
future terrerai
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /te.ʁə.ʁe/ 		terreras
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /te.ʁə.ʁa/ 		terrera
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /te.ʁə.ʁa/ 		terrerons
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		terrerez
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /te.ʁə.ʁe/ 		terreront
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional terrerais
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		terrerais
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		terrerait
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		terrerions
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		terreriez
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /te.ʁə.ʁje/ 		terreraient
/tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present terre
/tɛʁ/ 		terres
/tɛʁ/ 		terre
/tɛʁ/ 		terrions
/tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁjɔ̃/ 		terriez
/tɛ.ʁje/ or /te.ʁje/ 		terrent
/tɛʁ/
imperfect2 terrasse
/tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ 		terrasses
/tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ 		terrât
/tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ 		terrassions
/tɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		terrassiez
/tɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /te.ʁa.sje/ 		terrassent
/tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — terre
/tɛʁ/ 		— terrons
/tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁɔ̃/ 		terrez
/tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Interlingua

Verb

terrer

  1. to frighten
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