prairie
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈpɹɛə.ɹi//
- Australie//ˈpɹeːɹi//
- Nouvelle-Zélande//ˈpɹeəɹi//
- //ˈpɹɛəɹi//
- /[ˈpɹɛɹi]/
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
nom
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An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
Étymologie
Borrowed from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria.
Formes
- pluriel
- prairies
prairie · An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
Prairie · A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated…praise · Commendation; favourable representation in words.praising · An act of giving praise.