terrestre

English

Etymology

Old English, from Old French and French terrestre.

Adjective

terrestre (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) terrestrial; earthly

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛ.ʁɛstʁ/, X-SAMPA: /tE.REstR/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstʁ
• Homophone: terrestres

Adjective

terrestre (masculine and feminine, plural terrestres)

1. earthly (relating to earth of soil)
2. earthly (to the Earth)

Synonyms

• mondain
• terrien
• tellurique

Antonyms

• aquatique
• céleste
• extraterrestre

Hypernyms

• planétaire

Derived terms

• circumterrestre
• extraterrestre
• infraterrestre
• supraterrestre

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Galician

Adjective

terrestre m and f (plural terrestres)

1. terrestrial

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Italian

Adjective

terrestre m and f (m and f plural terrestri)

1. earthly
2. terrestrial
3. land

Derived terms

• globo terrestre

Noun

terrestre m (plural terrestri)

1. terrestrial
2. earthling
3. earthly

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Latin

Adjective

terrestre

1. nominative neuter singular of terrestris
2. accusative neuter singular of terrestris
3. vocative neuter singular of terrestris

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Spanish

Adjective

terrestre m and f (plural terrestres)

1. terrestrial
2. earthling
3. earthly

Related terms

• extraterrestre
• tierra

See also

• acuático
• aéreo