Phrase guide

threshing floor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ˈθɹɛ.ʃiŋ ˌfloɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cornfloor, grain yard, summer floor

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a floor or ground area for threshing or treading out grain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: area

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: алаҳәара́ (alaḥwará) — floor of a threshing house
  • Abkhaz: алаҳәа́рҭа (alaḥwárta) — floor of a threshing house
  • Abkhaz: аҭәа́ҭәарҭа (atwátwarta) — floor of a threshing house
  • Akkadian: 𒈠𒀝𒊏𒈾𒋾 — floor of a threshing house
  • Akkadian: 𒈦𒃷 — floor of a threshing house
  • Southern Altai: эдирен (ediren) — floor of a threshing house
  • Amharic: አውድማ (ʾäwdəma) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: جُرْن (jurn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: جَرِين (jarīn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: بَيْدَر (baydar) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: أَنْدَر (ʔandar) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: مَنْدِر (mandir) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: مَنْدِرَة (mandira) — floor of a threshing house
  • Arabic: مَنْدَرة (mandara) — floor of a threshing house
  • Aramaic: בַּי דְּרִי (bay dərī) — floor of a threshing house
  • Aramaic: אִידְּרָא (ʾeddərā) — floor of a threshing house
  • Armenian: կալ (kal) — floor of a threshing house
  • Aromanian: aryi — floor of a threshing house
  • Asturian: era — floor of a threshing house
  • Asturian: yera — floor of a threshing house
  • Azerbaijani: xırman — floor of a threshing house
  • Basque: larrain — floor of a threshing house
  • Belarusian: ток (tok) — floor of a threshing house
  • Belarusian: гумно́ (humnó) — floor of a threshing house
  • Bengali: খামার (khamar) — floor of a threshing house
  • Blin: ወረና (wäräna) — floor of a threshing house
  • Bulgarian: гу́мно (gúmno) — floor of a threshing house
  • Bulgarian: харма́н (harmán) — floor of a threshing house
  • Bulgarian: ток (tok) — floor of a threshing house
  • Catalan: era — floor of a threshing house
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禾場 /禾场 (hécháng) — floor of a threshing house
  • Chuvash: йӗтем (jĕt̬em) — floor of a threshing house
  • Czech: humno — floor of a threshing house
  • Czech: mlat — floor of a threshing house
  • Dongxiang: togvon — floor of a threshing house
  • Dutch: dorsvloer — floor of a threshing house
  • Egyptian: z:p*t-zp (zpt) — floor of a threshing house
  • Erzya: тинге (tinge) — floor of a threshing house
  • Esperanto: draŝejo — floor of a threshing house
  • Estonian: rehealune — floor of a threshing house
  • Faroese: treskigólv — floor of a threshing house
  • Finnish: puimatanner — floor of a threshing house
  • French: aire — floor of a threshing house
  • Galician: eira — floor of a threshing house
  • Galician: aira — floor of a threshing house
  • Ge'ez: ጕርን (gwərn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ge'ez: ጎርን (gorn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ge'ez: ጉርን (gurn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Georgian: კალო (ḳalo) — floor of a threshing house
  • German: Dreschboden — floor of a threshing house
  • German: Tenne — floor of a threshing house
  • Greek: αλώνι (alóni) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ancient Greek: ἅλως (hálōs) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ancient Greek: ἅλων (hálōn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Hebrew: גֹּרֶן (góren) — floor of a threshing house
  • Hungarian: szérű — floor of a threshing house
  • Ingrian: koomina — floor of a threshing house
  • Irish: urlár buailte — floor of a threshing house
  • Italian: aia — floor of a threshing house
  • Kazakh: қырман (qyrman) — floor of a threshing house
  • Khmer: វាល (viəl) — floor of a threshing house
  • Korean: 타작마당 (tajangmadang) — floor of a threshing house
  • Kyrgyz: кырман (kırman) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ladin: aa — floor of a threshing house
  • Latin: ārea — floor of a threshing house
  • Latvian: klons — floor of a threshing house
  • Laz: ხარმანი (xarmani) — floor of a threshing house
  • Luxembourgish: Denn — floor of a threshing house
  • Macedonian: гумно (gumno) — floor of a threshing house
  • Macedonian: харман (harman) — floor of a threshing house
  • Malayalam: കളം (kaḷaṁ) — floor of a threshing house
  • Maltese: qiegħa — floor of a threshing house
  • Mingrelian: კალო (ḳalo) — floor of a threshing house
  • Mon: ဂြာၚ်ပၠိန်သြောံ — floor of a threshing house
  • Mongolian: үтрэм (ütrem) — floor of a threshing house
  • Nogai: ындыр (ındır) — floor of a threshing house
  • Occitan: ièra — floor of a threshing house
  • Odia: ଖଳା (khaḷā) — floor of a threshing house
  • Odia: ଖଳ (khaḷa) — floor of a threshing house
  • Old Church Slavonic: врахъ (vraxŭ) — floor of a threshing house
  • Old East Slavic: токъ (tokŭ) — floor of a threshing house
  • Old East Slavic: гꙋмьно (gumĭno) — floor of a threshing house
  • Oromo: oobdii — floor of a threshing house
  • Persian: خرمن (xarman, xerman) — floor of a threshing house
  • Polish: klepisko — floor of a threshing house
  • Polish: gumno — floor of a threshing house
  • Portuguese: malhadouro — floor of a threshing house
  • Portuguese: calcadouro — floor of a threshing house
  • Portuguese: eira — floor of a threshing house
  • Romanian: arie — floor of a threshing house
  • Russian: ток (tok) — floor of a threshing house
  • Russian: гумно́ (gumnó) — floor of a threshing house
  • Sanskrit: खल (khala) — floor of a threshing house
  • Serbo-Croatian: гу́мно — floor of a threshing house
  • Serbo-Croatian: ха̀рман — floor of a threshing house
  • Serbo-Croatian: gúmno — floor of a threshing house
  • Serbo-Croatian: hàrman — floor of a threshing house
  • Sicilian: ariu — floor of a threshing house
  • Sicilian: aria — floor of a threshing house
  • Slovak: humno — floor of a threshing house
  • Slovene: gúmno — floor of a threshing house
  • Lower Sorbian: gumno — floor of a threshing house
  • Upper Sorbian: huno — floor of a threshing house
  • Spanish: era — floor of a threshing house
  • Svan: კალუ̂ (ḳalû) — floor of a threshing house
  • Swedish: loggolv — floor of a threshing house
  • Tamil: களம் (kaḷam) — floor of a threshing house
  • Tarifit: andrar — floor of a threshing house
  • Tatar: ындыр (ındır) — floor of a threshing house
  • Telugu: కళ్లము (kaḷlamu) — floor of a threshing house
  • Telugu: కళ్లం (kaḷlaṁ) — floor of a threshing house
  • Turkish: harman — floor of a threshing house
  • Khorasani Turkish: xarman — floor of a threshing house
  • Ottoman Turkish: خرمان (harman) — floor of a threshing house
  • Turkmen: harman — floor of a threshing house
  • Udmurt: иншыр (inšyr) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎗𐎐 (grn) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ukrainian: тік (tik) — floor of a threshing house
  • Ukrainian: гумно́ (humnó) — floor of a threshing house
  • Uzbek: хирмон (xirmon) — floor of a threshing house
  • Venetan: ara — floor of a threshing house
  • Venetan: era — floor of a threshing house