terrier

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”) from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”)).

• tarrier (obsolete) (the dog)

terrier (plural terriers)

1. A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
2. (law, historical) A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
3. (law) An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.

• periplus
• periegesis

Compare Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”).

terrier (plural terriers)

1. An auger or borer.

• “terrier” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

• retirer

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

terrier c (singular definite terrieren, plural indefinite terriere)

1. terrier (a small breed of dog)

• “terrier” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old French, from Medieval Latin terrārius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”); or equivalent to terre +‎ -ier. Most terrier breeds were developed to hunt vermin both over and under the ground.

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terrier (feminine singular terrière, masculine plural terriers, feminine plural terrières)

1. (archaic) relating to the ground, earth or land
2. enumerating seignorial rights, notably in livre terrier (a register of land)

• chien terrier (“terrier dog”)
• chienne terrier (“terrier bitch”)
• livre terrier (“land register”)
• papier terrier (“register of landed property”)
• plan terrier (“land-use plan”)

terrier m (plural terriers)

1. hole
2. (fox's) earth; (rabbit) hole or burrow; (badger's) sett
3. terrier (dog)

• terrier de blaireau
• terrier de lapin
• terrier de renard
• sortir de son terrier (“break cover”)
• vivre dans son terrier (“live on one's own”)

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

• retirer

• “terrier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

terrier m (invariable)

1. terrier (dog)

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

terrier m, f (plural terriers)

1. terrier (a small breed of dog)

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.

terrier m (plural terriers or terrier)

1. terrier (dog)