terrain
/təˈɹeɪn/
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Australia/təˈɹæɪn/
terrain noun: a single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
Noun
terrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)
- A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- Synonyms:
- terrane
- An area of land or its particular features.
- The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
- Synonyms:
- ground
- The surface of the earth; the ground.
- This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
- controlled flight into terrain
- An individual's overall state of health.
terrain meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
terrain in Tamil
- தனி நிலப்பகுதி, திணை நிலம், நிலப்பகுதி, நிலக்கூறு, நிலம், நிலவகை
terrain in Marathi
- भूप्रदेश
terrain in Urdu
- اراضی, قطع
terrain in Bengali
- ভূখণ্ড, ভূখণ্ডসংক্রান্ত
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- terrain in Malayalam
- ഭൂപ്രദേശം, ഭൂഭാഗം, സ്ഥലം, ഇടം
- terrain in Kannada
- ನೆಲಹರಹು
- terrain in Gujarati
- ભૂપ્રદેશ
- terrain in Arabic
- مِنْطَقَة minṭaqa, أَرْض ʔarḍ, مِسَاحَة misāḥa, تَضَارِيس taḍārīs
- terrain in Indonesian
- medan
- terrain in Thai
- ภูมิประเทศ puu-mí-bprà-têet, ลักษณะภูมิประเทศ
Examples of terrain in a sentence
- The defenders' knowledge of the terrain roughly counterbalances the attackers' superior equipment.
- This bike is built to withstand even the most demanding terrain.
- The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.
Synonyms of terrain
Forms of terrain
| plural | terrains |
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Origin of terrain
Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
Words formed from terrain
Phrases with terrain
Words that rhyme with terrain
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- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
Questions about terrain
- What does terrain mean?
- Terrain means a single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- What is terrain in Tamil?
- Terrain in Tamil is தனி நிலப்பகுதி, திணை நிலம், நிலப்பகுதி. See Terrain meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is terrain?
- Terrain is a noun.
- How do you pronounce terrain?
- Terrain is pronounced /təˈɹeɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of terrain?
- The plural of terrain is terrains.
Words near terrain in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: terrain (page history and authors); terrain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrain (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); terrain (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrain (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrain (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); terrain (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrain (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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