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:

  (file)

Verb

terrer

1. (transitive, agriculture) to spread with soil
2. (pronominal) to crouch down, flatten oneself
3. (pronominal) 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