Terrene relates to the earth; it means earthly, worldly, or mundane.
Terrene se relaciona com a Terra; é terreno, mundano.
| Front | terrene \teh-REEN, TER-een\ |
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| Back | adjective Relating to the earth; earthly; worldly; mundane. [From Latin terra (earth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ters- (to dry), which is also the source of territory, terrace, turmeric, and toast. Earliest documented use: 1300s.] "It was just a twitch of the earth, a routine shudder, one of many such minor terrene adjustments recorded in a millennium." - Jerry Carroll; Fifteen Seconds Seemed Like Forever; The San Francisco Chronicle; Oct 17, 1990. |
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