terrier
French, noun/tɛ.ʁje/
terrier is spelled T-E-R-R-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terrier is a French masculine noun meaning “hole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Trou qu’un animal creuse dans le sol pour s’abriter”.
What does terrier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaicground, earth, land
- 2
enumerating seignorial rights, notably in livre terrier (“land register”)
noun
- 1
masculinehole
- 2
masculineearth; (rabbit) hole or burrow; (badger's) sett
- 3
masculineterrier (dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifiait le registre foncier, contenant le dénombrement, les déclarations des particuliers qui relevaient d’une seigneurie, et le détail des droits, cens et rentes qui y étaient dus. 2. Qui possède des terres, terrien.
noun: 1. Trou qu’un animal creuse dans le sol pour s’abriter. 2. Refuge, repaire. 3. Propriétaire terrien. 4. Papier terrier.
noun: 1. Race de chien qui a pour fonction au départ de déterrer des nuisibles réfugiés dans leurs terriers ou abris souterrains.
noun: 1. Colline.
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.
Forms of terrier
- terrière feminine
- terriers masculine plural
- terrières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terrier?
- /tɛ.ʁje/
- /te.ʁje/
- \tɛ.ʁje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terrier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terrier in French?
terrier appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).