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The French word for soil is
terre





soil

Gender

The gender of terre is feminine. E.g. la terre.

Plural

The plural of terre is terres.

French Definition


soil
     1. n. Terre.
           This soil is just the right type for a vegetable garden.
     2. v. Souiller, salir.



Translations for soil and their definitions

Terre ©
     1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet)
     2. n-f. earth; soil
     3. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
     4. v. first-person singular present of terrer
     5. v. third-person singular present of terrer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer
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sol
     1. n-m. soil, earth
     2. n-m. ground
     3. n-m. floor
     4. n-m. (music) sol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)
     5. n-m. a Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value


souillure
     1. n-f. stain, taint, blemish


salir
     1. v. to dirty, make dirty
     2. v. to sully (someone's reputation etc.)


souiller
     1. v. to soil, sully, dirty
     2. v. to make unclean or impure; defile, profane
     3. v. (figuratively, transitive) to blacken, besmirch, defile
     4. Paronyms. soulier


territoire
     1. n-m. territory
     2. n-m. country


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