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noun, feminine

prairie

/pʁɛ.ʁi/

noun, feminine/pʁɛ.ʁi/plural: prairies

meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie

Related: chien de prairie

Inherited from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria. See also pré and -erie.