mettre à terre
French, verb/mɛ.tʁ‿a tɛʁ/
mettre à terre is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E-À-T-E-R-R-E (12 letters). Mettre à terre is a French verb meaning “to put down, to beat down, to beat to the ground, to quell, to stomp out, (to defeat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Battre, vaincre quelqu’un”.
What does mettre à terre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put down, to beat down, to beat to the ground, to quell, to stomp out, (to defeat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Battre, vaincre quelqu’un.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce mettre à terre?
- /mɛ.tʁ‿a tɛʁ/
- /me.tʁ‿a tɛʁ/
- \mɛ.tʁ‿a tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.