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Meaning of terrene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/təˈɹiːn/

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Terran (“an inhabitant of Earth; an earthling”).
  2. The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground.
    poetic
  3. Dated form of tureen.
    alt-of, dated

Examples

“Tenfold the length of this terrene”
“March 27, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu Esq. Execrable varnished pictures, chests, cabinets, commodes, tables, stands, boxes, riding on one another's backs, and loaded with terrenes, filligree, figures, and everything upon earth”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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