terrer
Catalan
Noun
terrer m (plural terrers)
- ground
- Synonym: terreny
- earth floor
- terroir
- (figuratively) native soil
- clay pit
- public dog toilet
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/
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Verb
terrer
- (transitive, agriculture) to spread with soil
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crouch down, flatten oneself
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
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