terrine

See also: Terrine

English

A terrine (sense 1) with peppercorns and bay leaves

A basil salmon terrine (sense 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrine (“a clay dish; that which is cooked in the dish”). Doublet of tureen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹin/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

terrine (plural terrines)

1. A deep type of dish or pan, typically used for casseroles and made out of pottery.
2. A pâté baked in such a dish and served cold.

Translations

dish

• Breton: kirin (br) f
• Bulgarian: глинен съд m (glinen sǎd)
• German: Terrine (de) f
• Portuguese: terrina (pt) f

pâté

• Dutch: terrine (nl) f
• Finnish: terriini (fi)
• German: Terrine (de) f
• Portuguese: terrina (pt) f
• Turkish: terin (tr)

Further reading

• Terrine (cookware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Terrine (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Reinert, Terrien, reinter, rentier

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrine, from Middle French terrine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛˈri.nə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

terrine f (plural terrines, diminutive terrinetje n)

1. terrine (dish)
2. terrine (pâté)

Derived terms

• soepterrine

Anagrams

• terrein

French

Etymology

From terre +‎ -ine, or from the feminine of Old French terrin, from Vulgar Latin *terrinus, from Latin terrēnus, from terra. Cf. also terrain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁin/ ~ /te.ʁin/

• Audio:

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Noun

terrine f (plural terrines)

1. terrine (dish)
2. terrine (pâté)

Related terms

• terrain

Descendants

• → Dutch: terrine
• → Dalmatian: terrina
• → English: terrine, tureen
• → German: Terrine
• → Italian: terrina
• → Portuguese: terrina
• → Romanian: terină

Further reading

• “terrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• inerter, rentier, retenir, terrien

Italian

Noun

terrine f

1. plural of terrina

Anagrams

• terreni, tirrene