adj
Meaning 1
Of the colour of terracotta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
terracotta
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɒt.ə/
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US: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɑt.ə/
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CMU ARPABET: T ER2 AH0 K AA1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: terrakotta — colour
- Japanese: テラコッタ色 (terakottairono) — colour
- Romanian: teracot — colour
- Russian: террако́товый (terrakótovyj) — colour
- Catalan: terracota — hard red-brown earthenware
- Chinese: 赤土陶器 (chì tǔ táoqì) — hard red-brown earthenware
- Esperanto: terakoto — hard red-brown earthenware
- Finnish: terrakotta — hard red-brown earthenware
- French: terre cuite — hard red-brown earthenware
- German: Terrakotta — hard red-brown earthenware
- Hindi: टेराकोटा (ṭerākoṭā) — hard red-brown earthenware
- Hungarian: cserép — hard red-brown earthenware
- Hungarian: cserépedény — hard red-brown earthenware
- Hungarian: terrakotta — hard red-brown earthenware
- Icelandic: terrakotta — hard red-brown earthenware
- Icelandic: brenndur leir — hard red-brown earthenware
- Ido: terakoto — hard red-brown earthenware
- Japanese: テラコッタ (terakotta) — hard red-brown earthenware
- Polish: terakota — hard red-brown earthenware
- Portuguese: terracota — hard red-brown earthenware
- Romanian: teracotă — hard red-brown earthenware
- Russian: террако́та (terrakóta) — hard red-brown earthenware
- Swedish: terrakotta — hard red-brown earthenware
- Turkish: terrakotta — hard red-brown earthenware
- Japanese: テラコッタ色 (terakottashoku) — colour
- Polish: terakota — colour
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