Earthling

English

Etymology

From Middle English *erthling, from Old English eorþling, yrþling (“husbandman, farmer, ploughman”, literally “one of the earth”), equivalent to earth +‎ -ling and/or Earth +‎ -ling. Cognate with German Erdling (“Earthing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θ.lɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"3:(r)T.lIN/

Noun

Earthling (plural Earthlings)

1. An inhabitant of the planet Earth (Generally in science fiction aliens who use the term Earthling look down on the people of earth.)

Synonyms

• Earthican (nonstandard, humorous, science fiction)
• Earthman
• Earthwoman
• tellurian
• Terran
• terrestrial

Antonyms

• alien
• extraterrestrial

Translations

inhabitant of the planet Earth

• Arabic: أرضي (ar) ('arDiy)
• Bulgarian: човек (bg) m (čovek), жител на Земята (bg) (žitel na Zemjata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地球人 (cmn) (dìqiúrén)

• Czech: Pozemšťan (cs) m
• Dutch: Aardbewoner (nl) m
• Esperanto: terano (eo)
• Finnish: maan asukas (fi)
• French: terrien (fr) m, terrienne (fr) f
• German: Erdling (de) m, Terraner (de) m
• Greek: γήινος (el) (gíinos) m 
• Hungarian: földlakó (hu)

• Icelandic: jarðarbúi (is) m
• Italian: terrestre (it) m
• Japanese: 地球人 (ja) (ちきゅうじん, chikyūjin)
• Korean: 지구인 (ko) (jigu-in) (地球人 (ko))
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Ziemianin m, Ziemianin (pl) m
• Portuguese: terráqueo (pt) m, terrestre (pt) m and f
• Russian: землянин (ru) (zemljánin) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: Земљанин (sh) (Zemljanin) m, Земљанка (sh) (Zemljanka) f
• Spanish: terrícola (es) m and f, terrestre (es) m and f, terráqueo (es) m
• Swedish: jordbo (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• hatchling

Anagrams

• haltering
• lathering