terrain C1 Topic:Nature & Landscape US /təˈɹeɪn/ See IPA manual Freq #11061 Meanings 1 noun An area of land, especially with regard to its natural features. The hikers struggled across the rocky terrain. 2 noun The surface of the ground, considered in terms of its shape and obstacles. The vehicle is built to handle rough terrain. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an area of land, especially... ground Word family Forms terrains Derived forms all-terrain Common collocations hilly terrain Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”). *ters- Proto-Indo-European terrain French terrenum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # terrain **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /təˈɹeɪn/ **Frequency rank:** 11061 ## Meanings 1. An area of land, especially with regard to its natural features. 2. The surface of the ground, considered in terms of its shape and obstacles. ## Examples - The hikers struggled across the rocky terrain. - The vehicle is built to handle rough terrain. ## Derived Forms - all-terrain ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ters- - Root: terrain - Root: terrenum ## Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”). ## AI Etymology Terrain is an unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”). In present-day use, it can mean an area of land, especially with regard to its natural features, or the surface of the ground, considered in terms of its shape and obstacles. Derived formations include all-terrain. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown