
[French, from Old French, from Old Provençal terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus, earthen, from Latin terra, earth.]
A bench-like feature. See river terrace, terrace cultivation.
1. An embankment with level top, often paved, planted, and adorned for leisure use.
2. A flat roof or a raised space or platform adjoining a building, paved or planted, esp. one used for leisure enjoyment.
1. In archaeology a terrace is an artificially created more or less level platform cut into the side of a hill. Often they are made by digging back into the hillslope while throwing the resultant quarried material forward downslope to extend the width of the platform. Revetments are sometimes made on the downslope side to contain the redeposited material. The resultant terrace is usually planted with a crop such as cereals or vines.
2. In geology terraces are broadly horizontal deposits of gravels laid down by river systems at different times in the past. The gravels in these deposits sometimes contain archaeological material. See also river terrace.
His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the terrace for a while, walked off and forgot him. It was the perfect start in life for a writer.
— Anatole Broyard (1920-1990)
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - terrasse, afsats
v. tr. - anlægge i terrasser
Nederlands (Dutch)
huizenblok, (dak)terras, tribune
Français (French)
n. - terrasse, (Archit) alignement (de maisons identiques et contiguës), gradins (npl)
v. tr. - arranger en terrasses
Deutsch (German)
n. - Terrasse, (einförmige od. erhöht gelegene) Häuserreihe, Tribüne
v. - terrassenförmig anlegen, mit Terrassen versehen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταράτσα, βεράντα, πλακόστρωτη αυλή, αναβαθμίδα (κν. πεζούλα), σειρά κατοικιών που χωρίζονται με μεσοτοιχία
v. - σχηματίζω σειρά ή επίπεδο
Italiano (Italian)
caseggiato, tribuna, terrazzo, terrazzare
Português (Portuguese)
n. - terraço (m), socalço (m), plataforma (f), fileira (f) de casas construídas num declive, varanda (f)
v. - formar ou construir terraços
Русский (Russian)
терраса, веранда, открытая галерея, портик,балкон, колоннада, уступ, насыпь
Español (Spanish)
n. - hilera de casas adosadas, gradas, tribunas, terraza, azotea, terraplén
v. tr. - construir terrazas o bancales, terraplenar, proveer de terraza
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - terrass, avsats, husrad
v. - terrassera, anlägga i terrasser
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大阳台, 平台屋顶, 露台, 露天阶梯看台, 使成梯形地, 使有平台屋顶
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大陽臺, 平臺屋頂, 露臺, 露天階梯看臺
v. tr. - 使成梯形地, 使有平臺屋頂
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대지, 테라스
v. tr. - 계단식 단을 만들다, 축대를 쌓다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 台地, 段丘, テラス, 立見の見物席, 平屋根, テラスハウス
v. - ひな壇式にする, テラスを付ける
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سطح بيت, سطيحه, مصطبه, دكه (فعل) يصطب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מדרג או טרסה (מדרגה חקלאית בצלע הר), שורת בתים בשטח מיושר, מדרגה (ביציע-הצופים), מרפסת פתוחה, שורת בתים, חוף או גדה גבוהים
v. tr. - בנה טרסות
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