Noun: terrier
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | terrier |
| Plural m | terriers |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like terrier
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, from Medieval Latin terrārius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”); or equivalent to terre + -ier. Most terrier breeds were developed to hunt vermin both over and under the ground. See: Latin Nouns '
terra'.
Verbs referencing "terrier"
Danish Nouns
terrier, Italian Nouns
terrier, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
terrier, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
terrier, Portuguese Nouns
terrier, Spanish Nouns
terrier, Polish Nouns
terier, Romanian Nouns
terier, Dutch Nouns
terriër.
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