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Noun

earth

  1. Earth Our planet, third out from the Sun (see ).
  2. (Uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
  3. (Alchemy) One of the four basic elements (see ).
  4. (Taoist) One of the five basic elements (see ).
  5. Soil.

Related terms

Translations

  • Arabic: ارض f (arđ)
  • Basque: lur
  • Belarusian: Зямля (Zjamla), земля (zjemla)
  • Bosnian: zemlja
  • Breton: douar m (1)
  • Burmese: (kăba-jo) (1), (mye-jì) (2)
  • Catalan: terra f
  • Cebuano: tuna, kalibutan , hagna , banika
  • Chinese: 地球 (dìqiú) (1), 泥土 (nítǔ) (2,3), (4)
  • Croatian: zemlja
  • Czech: Země (1), země f (2)
  • Danish: jorden
  • Dutch: aarde f (1-5), grond (5)
  • Esperanto: tero
  • Estonian: maa, maakera (1); maa (3, 4)
  • Finnish: maa (1), maapallo (1), maa (1-4), maaperä (5)
  • French: terre f (1,2,3)
  • Frisian: ierde (1,2,3)
  • Galician: terra f
  • German: Erde f (1,2,3)
  • Gothic:  (airþa) f
  • Greek (ancient): γαῖα (gaia/ghaia/ghea/yea) f, γῆ (ghe/ghi/ye/yi) f
  • Greek (modern): γη (yi) f, γαία (yea) f
  • Guarani: yvy
  • Hawaiian: ao (1), honua (1), ‘āina (1), lepo (2)
  • Hebrew: ארץ (eretz) (1), אדמה (adamah) (2)
  • Hungarian: föld
  • Hindi: भू-लोक (bhū-lok) (1), भूमि (bhūmi) (2), स्थल (sthal), पृथ्वी (prithvī)
  • Icelandic: jörðin
  • Ido: tero
  • Incan : pachamama
    bumi
  • Interlingua: terra
  • Irish: domhan m (1), cré f (2), úir f (2)
  • Italian: terra f
  • Japanese: 地球 (ちきゅう, chikyū), (つち, tsuci), 土壌 (どじょう, dojou), 地面 (じめん, jimen)
  • Kannada: ನೆಲ (nel), ಭೂಮಿ (bhūmi), ಮಣು (mannu)
  • Khmer: ដី (dey), ែផនដ (phaen-dey)
  • Klingon: tera' (1), yav (2)
  • Korean: 지면 (jimeon) (1), 토지 (toji) (1), 훍 (hulg /huk/) (2), 토양 (toyang) (2)
  • Latin: terra f (1,2,3)
  • Lithuanian: žemė f
  • Luxembourgish: Äerd f (1,2,3)
  • Maltese: dinja
  • Maori: papa
  • Mayan : bacabs
    bumi
  • Middle High German : ërde
  • Nahuatl: coatlicue
  • Norse : midgard
  • Norwegian: jorden
  • Old High German : erda
  • Persian: زمین (zamin)
  • Polish: Ziemia f (1), ziemia f (2-5)
  • Portuguese: Terra f (1), terra f (3)
  • Quenya:  (arda)
  • Romanian: pământ n
  • Romanica: terra f
  • Russian: Земля f
  • Serbian: земља
  • Sindarin:  (ambar),  (ardh)
  • Slovak: Zem (1), zem (2, 3, 4) f
  • Slovene: Zemlja f (1), zemlja f, prst f
  • Spanish: tierra f
  • Swahili: dunia (1), udongo (2)
  • Swedish: jord (1,3,4,5)
  • Sumerian : enlil
  • Tagalog: mundo
  • Thai: ดิน (din), แผ่นดิน (phaendin), โลก (lok)
  • Tupinambá: yby
  • Turkish: dünya (1), yer (2), toprak (2)
  • Vietnamese: đất
  • Volapük: tal (1), glun (2)
  • Xhosa: umhlaba
  • Yiddish: ערד (erd) f
  • Zulu: umhlabathi (1), inhlabathi (2),

See also

Verb

to earth

  1. (UK) To connect electrically to the earth (US ground)
  2. To bury
    That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed

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