tertre
French, noun/tɛʁtʁ/
tertre is spelled T-E-R-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tertre is a French masculine noun meaning “butte; mound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monticule, éminence isolée”.
What does tertre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebutte; mound
- 2
masculinebarrow, burial mound
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monticule, éminence isolée. 2. Tumulus fait de terre.
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 tertre
- tertres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tertre?
- /tɛʁtʁ/
- \tɛʁtʁ\
- [t̪ɛʁ̥t̪ʁ̥]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tertre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tertre in French?
tertre appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).