Last Updated：2025/11/20

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Continental land, as distinguished from islands. / (colloquial) Land, as opposed to water or air.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

See correct answer

terra firma

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

terra firma

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌtɛɹ.ə ˈfɜː.mə/

uncountable colloquial

Continental land, as distinguished from islands. / (colloquial) Land, as opposed to water or air.

Japanese Meaning

本土や大陸部分としての陸地（島々とは対比される陸地） / （口語で）水や空気に対する、固い陸地

What is this buttons?

After weeks at sea, the sailors cheered when they finally set foot on terra firma.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

何週間もの航海の後、船乗りたちはついに本土に足を踏み入れると歓声を上げた。

Sense（1）

Continental land, as distinguished from islands.

Sense（2）

(colloquial) Land, as opposed to water or air.

I […] turned the handle softly, pushed – also softly – and, carrying on into the interior, found myself confronted by a girl in housemaid's costume who put a hand to her throat like somebody in a play and leaped several inches in the direction of the ceiling. “Coo!” she said, having returned to terra firma and taken aboard a spot of breath. “You gave me a start, sir!”

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Login / Sign up

　

Download the app!

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★