TERRE VERTE

Meaning of TERRE VERTE in English

[ tɛ:'vɛ:t ]

■ noun a greyish-green pigment made from glauconite, used for watercolours and tempera.

Origin

C17: Fr., lit. 'green earth'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TERRE VERTE — (ˈ)ter|ve(ə)rt noun Etymology: French, literally, green earth 1. : green earth 2 2. : the variable color of terre verte …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERRE-VERTE — (n.) An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.
Английский словарь Webster
TERRE-VERTE — ( n. ) An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TERRE VERTE — /ter" vert'/ 1. a grayish-green color. 2. See green earth . [ 1650-60; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TERRE-VERTE — noun an olive-green earth used as a pigment. ·see glauconite.
Webster English vocab
TERRE-VERTE — n. a soft green earth used as a pigment. [F, = green earth]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TERRE-VERTE — n. a soft green earth used as a pigment. Etymology: F, green earth
Oxford English vocab
TERRE — Terre
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TERRE — Terre
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TERRE — Terre
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TERRE — Terre
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TERRE À TERRE — |terə|te(ə)r adjective Etymology: French, literally, earth to earth 1. a. : performed on or close to the ground or floor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERRE-À-TERRE — a фр. 1. выполняемый с низкими наклонами и почти без поднятия ног ( о танце ) 2. простой, незамысловатый terre-à-terre …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TERRE-À-TERRE — a фр. 1. выполняемый с низкими наклонами и почти без поднятия ног ( о танце ) 2. простой, незамысловатый terre-à-terre …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TERRE HAUTE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — Airport Name : Terre Haute International Airport Airport Location : n.a IATA Code : HUF ICAO Code : KHUF
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PIED-À-TERRE — noun (plural pieds-à-terre) Etymology: French, literally, foot to the ground Date: 1829 a temporary or second lodging
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FAMILLE VERTE — noun Etymology: French, literally, green family Date: 1872 Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BASSE-TERRE — Island (pop., 1999: 172,693) and seaport (pop., 1999: 12,410), Guadeloupe , West Indies. It is the western part of the …
Английский словарь Британика
TERRE-TENANT — noun or ter·ten·ant ˈterˌtenənt, ˈtər- Etymology: Middle English teretenaunt, from Anglo-French terre tenaunt, from Old French terre land (from Latin …
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PIED-À-TERRE — pē|ād.ə|te(ə)r, ˌpyā- noun ( plural pieds-à-terre -ād.ə-) Etymology: French, literally, foot to the ground : a temporary or second lodging …
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OLIVE TERRA VERTE — noun : aucuba green
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LIQUEUR VERTE — -ˈvert noun ( plural liqueurs vertes “) Etymology: French, literally, green liqueur : a liqueur resembling green Chartreuse
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GREEN EARTH — noun Etymology: translation of French terre verte or Italian terra verde 1. : terre verte 2 2. : any of …
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FAMILLE VERTE — -mēˈve(ə)rt noun Etymology: French, literally, green family : Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
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BURNT TERRE VERTE — noun : vandyke brown
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FAMILLE VERTE — noun Etymology: French, literally, green family Date: 1872 : Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIED-A-TERRE — [pied-a-terre] n, pl pieds-a-terre [F, lit., foot to the ground] (1829): a temporary or second lodging
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAMILLE VERTE — [fa.mille verte] n [F, lit., green family] (1872): Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAMILLE VERTE — (French: green family), group of Chinese porcelain wares made during the K'ang-hsi period (16611722) of the Ch'ing dynasty and characterized …
Britannica English vocabulary
TERRE HAUTE — city, seat (1818) of Vigo county, western Indiana, U.S. It lies on a 10-mile (16-km) square plateau above the Wabash …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRANDE-TERRE — island in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, which with its twin to the west, Basse-Terre, constitutes the core …
Britannica English vocabulary
BASSE-TERRE — one of the two major islands of Guadeloupe (q.v.). administrative capital of Guadeloupe (an overseas dpartement of France), on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PIED-A-TERRE — pied-a-terre, pied-à-terre BrE AmE pi ˌeɪd ɑː ˈteə ˌpiː ed-, -əˈ• AmE -ˈte ə r —French [ pje ta tɛːʁ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIED-À-TERRE — pied-à-terre /ˌpjeɪd æ ˈteə $ piˌed ɑː ˈter/ BrE AmE noun [singular] a small apartment or house, often in the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIED-À-TERRE — ( pieds-à-terre) A pied-à-terre is a small house or flat, especially in a town, which you own or rent but …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BASSE-TERRE — Island (pop., 1999: 172,693) and seaport (pop., 1999: 12,410), Guadeloupe , West Indies. It is the western part of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GUADELOUPE — geographical name two islands, Basse-Terre (or ~ proper) & Grande-Terre, in French West Indies in central Leeward Islands; an overseas …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GUADELOUPE — Overseas department of France (pop., 2002 est.: 432,000), eastern West Indies . Consisting of the islands of Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre …
Английский словарь Британика
VERONA GREEN — noun see terre verte
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TYROL GREEN — noun see terre verte
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ITALIAN GREEN — noun see terre verte
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BOHEMIAN EARTH — noun see terre verte
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VERT — I. ˈvərt, ˈvə̄t, ˈvəit, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English veert, verte, from Middle French vert green, …
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VERDIGRIS — I. ˈvərdəˌgrēs, ˈvə̄d-, ˈvəid-, -ˌgris sometimes -ˌgrē noun ( -es ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Middle French verdegris, alteration — …
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V — I. ˈvē noun ( plural v's or vs ˈvēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 22d letter …
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VERONA GREEN — noun Usage: often capitalized V : terre verte
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TYROL GREEN — tə̇ˈrōl-, ˈtīˌrōl-, ˈtiˌrōl- also ˈtiˌräl- or ˈtirəl- noun Usage: often capitalized T Etymology: from Tyrol (Tirol), Austria : terre verte …
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TERRA VERDE — ˌterəˈver(ˌ)dā noun Etymology: Italian, literally, green earth : terre verte
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PISÉ — (ˈ)pē|zā noun also pisé de terre (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷dəˈte(ə)r ( plural pisés -ā(z) ; also pisés de terre ) Etymology: pisé from …
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PERMANENT GREEN — noun : terre verte 2
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PARTERRE — (ˈ)pär|te(ə)r, (ˈ)pȧ|-, -eə noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, from par terre on the ground, from par …
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ITALIAN GREEN — noun 1. often capitalized I : terre verte 2 2. usually capitalized I&G : a sulfur dye — see dye …
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HOLY GREEN — noun : terre verte 2
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GREEN OCHER — noun 1. : terre verte 2 2. : a green pigment prepared from yellow ocher treated with potassium ferrocyanide
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CYPRIAN EARTH — noun or cyprian green Usage: often capitalized C : terre verte 2
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BOHEMIAN EARTH — noun Usage: often capitalized B Etymology: probably translation of German böhmische erde : terre verte 2
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VERTEBRA — /verr"teuh breuh/ , n. , pl. vertebrae /-bree', -bray'/ , vertebras . Anat., Zool. any of the bones or segments …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VERT — /verrt/ , n. 1. Eng. Forest Law. a. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as …
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GUADELOUPE — /gwahd'l oohp"/ , n. two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GUADELOUPE — geographical name two islands, Basse-Terre (or Guadeloupe proper) & Grande-Terre, in French West Indies in central Leeward Islands; an overseas …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POINTE--PITRE — principal town and arrondissement of the French overseas dpartement of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The town lies on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUADELOUPE
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GUADELOUPE — n. Overseas department of France (pop., 2002 est.: 432,000), eastern West Indies . Consisting of the islands of Basse-Terre and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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