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terrasse

See also: Terrasse and terrassé

English

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Etymology

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From French terrasse (“terrace”). Doublet of terrace.

Noun

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terrasse (plural terrasses)

  1. (Quebec English) Terrace, patio.
  2. (heraldry) A representation of the ground, serving as the base for another object; a terrace.

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terrasse (third-person singular simple present terrasses, present participle terrassing, simple past and past participle terrassed)

  1. 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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French terrasse (“terrace”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tarasə/, [tˢaˈʁɑsə]

Noun

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terrasse c (singular definite terrassen, plural indefinite terrasser)

  1. terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)
  2. (heraldry) compartment

Declension

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Declension of terrasse
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative terrasse terrassen terrasser terrasserne
genitive terrasses terrassens terrassers terrassernes
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French

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Etymology

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From terre, probably influenced by Old Occitan terrassa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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terrasse f (plural terrasses)

  1. terrace

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Verb

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terrasse

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of terrer

Verb

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terrasse

  1. inflection of terrasser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin terra, via Old Occitan terrassa and French terrasse.

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terrasse m (definite singular terrassen, indefinite plural terrasser, definite plural terrassene)

  1. terrace

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin terra, via Old Occitan terrassa and French terrasse.

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terrasse m (definite singular terrassen, indefinite plural terrassar, definite plural terrassane)

  1. terrace

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Portuguese

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Verb

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terrasse

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of terrar
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