Dictionary

terrain en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /təˈɹæɪn/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /təˈɹeɪn/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
2. (countable, uncountable) An area of land or its particular features.
   • The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
3. (countable, uncountable) The surface of the earth; the ground.
   • TOO LOW, TERRAIN
   • controlled flight into terrain
   • This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
4. (countable, uncountable) An individual's overall state of health.

Forms

Deriveds

height above average terrain · terrain theory · human terrain · linguistic terrain · controlled flight into terrain · multiterrain · terrain park · all-terrain vehicle · all-terrain · terrain awareness and warning system

Synonyms

terrane · ground (area of land)

Translations (76)

it tratto (area) · hy տեղանք (area) · be мясцо́васць (area) · eo tereno (area) · et pinnareljeef (area) · ko 지역 (area) · ar تَضَارِيس (area) · bg реле́ф (area) · sk reliéf (area) · it estensione (area) · uk місце́вість (area) · tr arazi (area) · de Terrain (area) · th ลักษณะภูมิประเทศ (area) · fr terrain (area) · ru ме́стность (area) · pt terreno (area) · sv terräng (area) · el έκταση (area) · ccc c̈hijta (area) · ja 地形 (area) · it territorio (area) · ar أَرْض (area) · ru релье́ф (area) · cs reliéf (area) · nl reliëf (area) · nl terrein (area) · da terræn (area) · sh tèrēn (area) · mk терен (area) · lv reljefs (area) · uk рельє́ф (area) · de Gelände (area) · id medan (area) · ar مِسَاحَة (area) · it spianata (area) · de Relief (area) · ca terreny (area) · sq reliev (area) · lt vietovė (area) · ar مِنْطَقَة (area) · th ภูมิประเทศ (area) · az ərazi (area) · de Land (area) · it terreno (area) · sh тѐре̄н (area) · ro teren (area) · cs terén (area) · az relyef (area) · lt reljefas (area) · el έδαφος (area) · es terreno (area) · be рэлье́ф (area) · et reljeef (area) · fi maasto (area) · sk terén (area) · lv apvidus (area) · sl teren (area) · km លក្ខណៈភូមិសាស្ដ្រនៃដី (area) · ota طوپراق (area) · pdt Launtschoft (area) · cmn 地形 (area) · cmn 地域 (area) · mk релјеф (area) · hu terep (area) · it zona (area) · nb terreng (area) · fur teren (area) · bg ме́стност (area) · pl teren (area) · be мясцо́васьць (area) · ko 지형 (area) · ja 地域 (area) · bg тере́н (area) · gl terreo (area) · ka რელიეფი (area)