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Synonyms for terrene


Grammar : Adj
Spell : te-reen, tuh-, ter-een
Phonetic Transcription : tɛˈrin, tə-, ˈtɛr in

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Définition of terrene

Origin :
  • 14c., ultimately from Latin terrenus, from terra "earth" (see terrain).
  • adj earthly
Example sentences :
  • But the visitor could not convey celestial realities to terrene minds.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • It grows to a length of eight feet, and its habits are terrene.
  • Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier
  • They conduct to the terrene genera of the great family Colubrid.
  • Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier
  • The lady paused, as if to consider the weight of that event in the scale of terrene life.
  • Extract from : « Two on a Tower » by Thomas Hardy
  • Agreed, but where in this terrene orb will you find it otherwise?
  • Extract from : « Where the Blue Begins » by Christopher Morley
  • And so the empyrean element, lying smothered under the terrene, and yet inextinguishable there, made sad writhings.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Sterling » by Thomas Carlyle
  • When the contraterrene lead atoms met the terrene lead atoms, mutual annihilation resulted, giving us pure energy.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • For it denies that all human faculties must have been evoked by terrene experience.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • We do not find, indeed, that support is given by souls in bliss to any special scheme of terrene theology.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • But what shall I say of the power that he exercises over irrational animals, whether celestial or terrene?
  • Extract from : « La Fiammetta » by Giovanni Boccaccio
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