prairie
English
/ˈpɹɛəɹi/, [ˈpɹɛɹi]
noun
Definitions
- An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
Etymology
Borrowed from French prairie (pasture, meadow, prairie).
Origin
French
prairie
Gloss
pasture, meadow, prairie
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chicken English
- land English
- prairie chicken English
- prairied English
- prairieland English
- Prärie German
- préri Hungarian
- prérifarkas Hungarian
- prérik Hungarian
- prérikutya Hungarian
- prérityúk Hungarian
- prairie Dutch, Flemish
- prairiehond Dutch, Flemish
- prairiewolf Dutch, Flemish
- prairial French
- prairie French
- прерия Russian
- prærie Norwegian Bokmål
- preria Polish
- prærie Norwegian Nynorsk
- praerie Old French