terraplén

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French terre-plein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teraˈplen/ [t̪e.raˈplẽn]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: te‧rra‧plén

Noun

terraplén m (plural terraplenes)

1. embankment; fill (on a hillside, etc.)

Further reading

• “terraplén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10