terrer

Catalan

Etymology

From terra +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈre]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈreɾ]

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

• terrerol

Noun

terrer m (plural terrers, feminine terrera)

1. clay pit worker

Further reading

• “terrer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From terre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁe/ ~ /te.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Verb

terrer

1. (transitive, agriculture) to spread with soil
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crouch down, flatten oneself
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “terrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Verb

terrer

1. to frighten