Definition for: earth

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English

Etymology

Old English eorþe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɜː(ɹ)θ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)θ

Noun

earth ( uncountable )

1. Our planet, third out from the sun; see main entry Earth.
2. ( uncountable ) Soil

   This is good earth for growing potatoes.

3. ( uncountable ) Any general rock-based material.
4. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
5. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
   • 1819: John Keats , "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

     "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know.

6. ( alchemy ) One of the four basic elements (see article on the Classical elements).
7. ( Taoist ) One of the five basic elements (see article on the Five Elements).

Derived terms

Translations

our planet - see translations at Earth.

soil

any general rock-based material

the ground

one of the four basic elements

one of the five basic elements

• Arabic : ارض (’arɖ) f .
• Basque : lur
• Belarusian : зямля (zjamlja), земля (zemlja)
• Bulgarian : земя (zemja) f .
• Catalan : terra f .
• Cebuano : tuna, kalibutan, hagna, banika
• Esperanto : tero
• Estonian : maa
• Galician : terra f .
• Georgian : დედამიწა (dedamitsa)
• Greek :
  • (ancient): γαῖα (gaia) f . , γῆ (gē) f .
  • (modern): γη (el) (yi) f . , γαία (el) (yéa) f .
• Gothic :  (airþa) f .
• Guaraní : yvy
• Hindi : स्थल (sthal), पृथ्वी (prithvī)
• Hungarian : föld
• Ido : tero
• Indonesian : bumi
• Interlingua : terra
• Italian : terra f .
• Japanese : 地球 (ちきゅう, chikyū), 土 (つち, tsuchí), 土壌 (どじょう, dojō), 地面 (じめん, jímen)
• Kannada : ನೆಲ (nel), ಭೂಮಿ (bhūmi), ಮಣು (mannu)
• Khmer : ដី (dey), ែផនដ (phaen-dey)
• Lydian : Κλιδας (klidas)
• Malay : bumi
• Maltese : dinja
• Maori : papa
• Mapudungun : mapu
• Mayan : bacabs
• Middle High German : ërde
• Nahuatl : coatlicue
• Navajo : ni'
• Norse : midgard
• Novial : tere
• Old High German : erda
• Old Welsh : daear
• Persian : زمین (zamin)
• Quechua : pacha mama
• Quenya :  (arda)
• Romanian : pământ n .
• Scots Gaelic : cruinne-cè, talamh, saoghal m . , ùir f .
• Sindarin :  (ambar),  (ardh)
• Sumerian : enlil, ki
• Tagalog : mundo
• Telugu : భూమి (bhoomi)
• Thai : ดิน (din), แผ่นดิน (phaendin), โลก (lok)
• Tupinambá : yby
• Xhosa : umhlaba
• Yiddish : ערד (erd) f .

See also

Verb

to earth ( third-person singular simple present earths , present participle earthing , simple past earthed , past participle earthed )

1. ( UK ) : To connect electrically to the earth ( US ground).

   That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed .

2. To bury

Translations

connect electrically to the earth

to bury

Related terms

• unearth

Other Translations for "earth"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		. .- .-. - ....
Binary		1100101 1100001 1110010 1110100 1101000
Hex		6561727468
Pig Latin		earthway

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