terre-verte

noun

green earth

Meanings

nounterre-verte (countable and uncountable, plural terres-vertes or terre-vertes)

plural terres-vertes · plural terre-vertes

  1. countableuncountablegreen earth

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Frenchterre“earth”
  2. Englishterre-verte

From French terre (“earth”) + vert, verte (“green”).

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terre-verte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terre-verte

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“terre-verte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terre-verte. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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