terrasse
English
editEtymology
editFrom French terrasse (“terrace”). Doublet of terrace.
Noun
editterrasse (plural terrasses)
- (Quebec English) Terrace, patio.
- (heraldry) A representation of the ground, serving as the base for another object; a terrace.
Verb
editterrasse (third-person singular simple present terrasses, present participle terrassing, simple past and past participle terrassed)
- To terrace; to supply with a terrace or cut into terraces.
- 1785, Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, The Life of Henry the Fourth of France, page 144:
- However, to bring the heads of the league the sooner to a capitulation, it was resolved upon in his council, to attack all the suburbs at once, which he executed on the night of the twenty seventh of July , with great success , having carried them in less than an hour , and bloated up all the doors , before which his men erected their lodgings , after terrassing the houses that were next the ditch.
- 1985, Lemche, Early Israel, →ISBN, page 19:
- Gottwald lists three elements which may have made it possible for an Israelite tribal society to emerge in the Palestinian mountainous areas around 1200: the introduction of iron tools; the new technique of lining cisterns; and the new method of cultivation, which entailed terrassing the mountain slopes in order to control the use of the available rainfall.
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom French terrasse (“terrace”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editterrasse c (singular definite terrassen, plural indefinite terrasser)
- terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)
- (heraldry) compartment
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | terrasse | terrassen | terrasser | terrasserne |
genitive | terrasses | terrassens | terrassers | terrassernes |
Related terms
edit- terrassere (verb)
- terrassevin c
Further reading
edit- “terrasse” in Den Danske Ordbog
- terrasse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
editEtymology
editFrom terre, probably influenced by Old Occitan terrassa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editterrasse f (plural terrasses)
Descendants
edit- → Danish: terrasse
- → German: Terrasse
- → Italian: terrazza
- → Polish: taras
- → Romanian: terasă
- → Turkish: teras
Verb
editterrasse
Verb
editterrasse
- inflection of terrasser:
Further reading
edit- “terrasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Latin terra, via Old Occitan terrassa and French terrasse.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editterrasse m (definite singular terrassen, indefinite plural terrasser, definite plural terrassene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “terrasse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Latin terra, via Old Occitan terrassa and French terrasse.
Noun
editterrasse m (definite singular terrassen, indefinite plural terrassar, definite plural terrassane)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “terrasse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editVerb
editterrasse
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