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teren
land / plot / field /teˈren/
noun#876 most common
Also: terrain, ground, site
Example sentences
Aici este un teren de fotbal.
Here is a football field.
Vrem să cumpărăm un teren lângă mare.
We want to buy a plot of land near the sea.
Compania construiește un bloc nou pe acest teren.
The company is building a new apartment block on this land.
Prețul terenurilor a crescut mult în ultimii ani.
The price of land has risen a lot in recent years.
Negocierile se poartă pe un teren minat din punct de vedere politic.
The negotiations are taking place on politically sensitive ground.
Echipa de cercetare a desfășurat un studiu de teren pentru a evalua impactul asupra ecosistemului local.
The research team carried out a field study to assess the impact on the local ecosystem.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | terenul | terenurile |
| Genitive | terenului | terenurilor |
| Accusative | terenul | terenurile |
| Vocative | teren | terenuri |
Word family
terestruterrestrial, earthly
subteranundergroundextraterestruextraterrestrialterasamentearthworks, embankment
teritoriuterritoryEtymology
Teren entered Romanian from French terrain, itself from Latin terrenum, an adjective meaning "of earth" built on terra, "earth, land". The word spread across Europe in the 19th century alongside French administrative and engineering vocabulary. Romanian adopted it with a concrete sense: a plot, a stretch of ground, or a site.
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