terrarium

See also: Terrarium

English

Etymology

From Latin terra (“earth”) +‎ -arium, by analogy with aquarium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈɹɛəɹ.ɪ.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /təˈɹeːɹ.i.əm/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɘˈɹiəɹ.i.ɘm/
• Hyphenation: ter‧rar‧i‧um

Noun

terrarium (plural terrariums or terraria)

1. An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
2. A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.

Translations

enclosure for displaying small animals

Bulgarian: тера́риум m (terárium) Czech: terárium (cs) n Finnish: terraario (fi) German: Terrarium (de) n Italian: terrario Polish: terrarium (pl) n Romanian: terariu (ro) n Slovene: terarij (sl) n Spanish: terrario (es) m Ukrainian: тера́рій m (terárij), тера́ріум m (terárium)

glass container for displaying plants

Finnish: terraario (fi) German: Terrarium (de) n Ukrainian: палюда́рій m (paljudárij), палюда́ріум m (paljudárium)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin terra (“earth”) + -arium, by analogy with aquarium.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧ri‧um

Noun

terrarium n (plural terraria or terrariums, diminutive terrariumpje n)

1. terrarium

Further reading

• “terrarium” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁa.ʁjɔm/ ~ /te.ʁa.ʁjɔm/

• Audio:

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Noun

terrarium m (plural terrariums)

1. terrarium

Further reading

• “terrarium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• meurtrira

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

terrarium n (definite singular terrariet, indefinite plural terrarier, definite plural terraria or terrariene)

1. terrarium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

terrarium n (definite singular terrariet, indefinite plural terrarium, definite plural terraria)

1. terrarium