terra rossa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian terra rossa (“red earth”)
Noun[edit]
terra rossa (uncountable)
- (geology) A well-drained, reddish, clayey to silty soil with neutral pH conditions, typical of the Mediterranean region.
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian terra rossa (“red earth”)
Noun[edit]
terra rossa f (plural terras rossas)
- (geology) terra rossa
- Synonym: sol rouge
References[edit]
- “terra rossa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
terra rossa f (plural terre rosse)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: terra rossa
- French: → terra rossa, terra-rossa, → sol rouge (calque)
- → Japanese: テラロッサ (terarossa)
- → Korean: 테라로사 (terarosa)
- Portuguese: → terra roxa, → terra vermelha (calque)
- → Russian: терра роса (terra rosa)
- Spanish: → terra rosa, → tierra roja (calque)
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