terra rossa
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian terra rossa (“red earth”)
Noun edit
terra rossa (uncountable)
- (geology) A well-drained, reddish, clayey to silty soil with neutral pH conditions, typical of the Mediterranean region.
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian terra rossa (“red earth”)
Noun edit
terra rossa f (plural terras rossas)
- (geology) terra rossa
- Synonym: sol rouge
References edit
- “terra rossa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
terra rossa f (plural terre rosse)
Descendants edit
- → English: terra rossa
- French: → terra rossa, terra-rossa, → sol rouge (calque)
- → Japanese: テラロッサ (terarossa)
- → Korean: 테라로사 (terarosa)
- Portuguese: → terra roxa, → terra vermelha (calque)
- → Russian: терра роса (terra rosa)
- Spanish: → terra rosa, → tierra roja (calque)