Meanings
adverbventre à terre (comparative more ventre à terre, superlative most ventre à terre)
comparative more ventre à terre · superlative most ventre à terre
- At breakneck speed.
Origin
- Frenchventre à terre
- Englishventre à terre
Borrowed from French ventre à terre.
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APA
ventre à terre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventre%20%C3%A0%20terre
MLA
“ventre à terre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventre%20%C3%A0%20terre. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ventre à terre,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventre%20%C3%A0%20terre.
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