Terrassé (en. Terrace)

/te.ʁa.se/

Meaning & Definition

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adjective

Definition_text: Refers to land prepared for construction.

Example_sentence: The site was terrassed to accommodate the new foundations.

Le chantier a été terrassé pour accueillir les nouvelles fondations.

Definition_text: Refers to someone who is downcast or depressed.

Example_sentence: He was completely flattened after that bad news.

Il était complètement terrassé après cette mauvaise nouvelle.

Definition_text: Refers to an actor or a player who has been knocked out of action.

Example_sentence: The boxer was flattened in the first round.

Le boxeur a été terrassé au premier round.

Etymology_origin: From the verb 'to terrace', which comes from the Latin 'terraciare', meaning 'to level'.

Phrase: to be flattened by fatigue

Meaning: To be extremely tired.

être terrassé par la fatigue

Phrase: flattened by news

Meaning: To be shocked or depressed by information.

terrassé par une nouvelle

Phrase: to get flattened

Meaning: To be defeated or overcome.

se faire terrasser

Related_word: to terrace

Description: To defeat or put an opponent on the ground.

terrasser

Related_word: terracing

Description: The action of preparing land.

terrassement

Related_word: terrace

Description: A platform or level of ground.

terrasse

Meaning: To be completely exhausted.

Example: After this week of work, I am at the end of my rope, flattened.

Après cette semaine de travail, je suis au bout du rouleau, terrassé.

Meaning: To be mentally downcast.

Example: He took a hard hit and he is really flattened.

Il a pris un coup dur et il est vraiment terrassé.