Earth

See also: earth

English[edit]

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Earth's astronomical symbol

The Earth

Alternative forms[edit]

earth (planet)
♁, ⊕ (symbols)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”). More at earth.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːθ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɝθ/
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Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Proper noun[edit]

Earth (plural Earths)

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
- 2012, Ken Adams, Earth 2... It's Where You Go When You Die‎^[1]:
  It's my theory that we'll keep being reborn on as many Earths as it takes until every person gets it exactly right from the moment they are born until the moment they die.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Earth.
The personification of the Earth or earth, (chiefly) as a fertile woman or (religion) goddess.

Usage notes[edit]

Earth may be used with or without the. Contrast other planets (e.g. Mars, Jupiter) which never take an article, and certain other celestial bodies (e.g. Sun, Moon) which always do.

The capitalized form usually occurs when it is contrasted with the names of other celestial bodies or realms:

From the Earth to the Moon

What is the distance between Earth and Mars?

Synonyms[edit]

(third planet of the Solar System): globe, God's green earth, Sol III, Terra, the world
(world inhabited by mankind): Middle Earth (archaic or pagan); Midgard (Germanic religion)
(personification): See Mother Earth for female forms

Hypernyms[edit]

planet

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Translations[edit]

third planet of the Solar System

Afrikaans: Aarde
Ainu: アィヌモシㇼ (aynu-mosir)
Albanian: Toka (sq)
Aleut: tanax̂
American Sign Language: Open8@BackHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Twist
Amharic: መሬት (am) (märet)
Apache:
Western Apache: niʼ, niʼgosdzán
Arabic: اَلْأَرْض‎ (ar) f (al-ʾarḍ)
Egyptian Arabic: الأرض‎ f (el-ʾarḍ)
Armenian: Երկիր (hy) (Erkir)
Assamese: পৃথিৱী (prithiwi), ভূঁই (bhũi)
Asturian: Tierra (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Dünya, Yer (az)
Baluchi: زمین‎ (zamín)
Bashkir: Ер (Yer)
Basque: Lurra (eu)
Belarusian: Зямля́ f (Zjamljá)
Bengali: পৃথিবী (bn) (prithibi), আর্থ (arth)
Bikol Central: Kinaban
Breton: Douar (br) m
Bulgarian: Земя́ f (Zemjá)
Burmese: ကမ္ဘာဂြိုဟ် (my) (kambhagruih), ကမ္ဘာ (my) (kambha)
Catalan: Terra (ca), terra (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎡᎶᎯ (chr) (elohi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 地球 (dei⁶ kau⁴)

Mandarin: 地球 (zh) (dìqiú)

Min Nan: 地球 (zh-min-nan) (tē-kiû/tuē-kiû)
Cornish: Norvys m, Norves m
Crimean Tatar: Zemin
Czech: Země (cs) f
Danish: Jorden (da), jorden (da)
Dhivehi: ބިން‎ (bin̊)
Dutch: Aarde (nl) c, aarde (nl) f
Elfdalian: juord f
Esperanto: terglobo
Estonian: Maa (et), maakera (et)
Ewe: Anyigba
Faroese: jørðin f
Finnish: Maa (fi)
French: Terre (fr) f
Galician: terra (gl) f
Georgian: დედამიწა (dedamic̣a)
German: Erde (de) f
Central Franconian: Ääd
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 m (midjungards), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 f (airþa)
Greek: Γη (el) f (Gi)
Ancient: Γῆ f (Gê)
Greenlandic: nuna, nunarsuaq
Gujarati: પૃથ્વી (gu) (pṛthvī)
Haitian Creole: latè
Hawaiian: ao, honua, ʻāina
Hebrew: אֶרֶץ‎ (he) f ('érets), כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ‎ (he) m (kadúr ha'árets)
Hindi: पृथ्वी (hi) f (pŕthvī) धरती (hi) (dhartī), भूलोक (hi) (bhūlok), भूमि (hi) f (bhūmi), क्षोणी (hi) f (kṣoṇī), क्षिति (hi) f (kṣiti), ज़मीन (hi) f (zamīn), जमीन (hi) f (jamīn), भू (hi) f (bhū), धर्ती (hi) f (dhartī)
Hungarian: Föld (hu)
Icelandic: jörð (is) f
Ido: Tero (io)
Indonesian: Bumi (id)
Irish: Domhan m
Italian: Terra (it) f
Japanese: 地球 (ja) (ちきゅう, Chikyū), アース (ja) (Āsu)
Kannada: ಭೂಮಿ (kn) (bhūmi)
Kazakh: Жер (Jer)
Khmer: ផែនដី (km) (phaen dəy)
Komi-Permyak: му (mu)
Korean: 지구 (ko) (Jigu) (地球)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زەڤی‎ (ku) (zevî), زەوی‎ (ku) (zewî)

Northern Kurdish: erd (ku)
Kyrgyz: Жер (Cer)
Lakota: makȟówaŋča
Lao: ໂລກ (lo) (lōk)
Latin: orbis (la) m, terra (la) f, orbis terrarum m
Latvian: Zeme (lv), zeme (lv) f
Lithuanian: Žemė (lt) f
Low German: Eer (nds) f
Luxembourgish: Äerd (lb) f

Macedonian: Земја f (Zemja)
Malay: Bumi (ms)
Malayalam: ഭൂമി (ml) (bhūmi)
Maltese: l-Art
Manx: yn Thalloo, yn chruinney, yn Dowan
Marathi: पृथ्वी (mr) (pruthvī)
Maricopa: mat
Mingrelian: დიხაუჩა (dixauča)
Mongolian: Дэлхий (Delhij)
Nahuatl: tlālticpactli
Nauruan: Eb (na)
Navajo: nahasdzáán
Nenets: Я
Nepali: पृथ्वी (ne) (pr̥thvī)
Northern Ohlone: wárép
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jord (no) m or f, klode m

Nynorsk: jord f, klode m
Occitan: Tèrra (oc) f
Old Dutch: ertha f
Old English: eorþe f
Old Frisian: erthe f
Old High German: erda f
Old Norse: jǫrð f
Old Saxon: ertha f
Oriya: ପୃଥିବୀ (or) (pruthibī)
Pashto: ځمکه‎ f (jmᶕka)
Persian: زمین‎ (fa) (zamin)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Erth
Polish: Ziemia (pl) f
Portuguese: Terra (pt) f
Punjabi: ਧਰਤੀ (dhartī)
Quechua: paca, paza
Romanian: Pământ (ro) n
Russian: Земля́ (ru) f (Zemljá)
Rusyn: Земля́ f (Zemljá)
Sanskrit: भूमि (sa) f (bhūmi), पृथ्वी (sa) f (pṛthvī), भू (sa) f (bhū)
Santali: ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ (dhărti)
Scots: Yird
Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè m or f, talamh m or f, An Talamh m
Semai: Bumik
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Зѐмља f

Latin: Zèmlja f
Sinhalese: පොළොව (poḷowa)
Slovak: Zem f, zem (sk) f
Slovene: Zêmlja (sl) f
Southern Altai: Јер (J̌er)
Southern Sami: eatneme
Spanish: Tierra (es) f, tierra (es) f
Sundanese: Marcapada
Swahili: dunia (sw), nchi (sw) 9 or 10
Swedish: jorden (sv), Tellus (sv)
Tagalog: Daigdig (tl), Duta
Tajik: замин (tg) (zamin)
Tamil: நிலம் (ta) (nilam), பூமி (ta) (pūmi), புவி (ta) (puvi)
Taos: pǫ̏’óna
Tatar: Җир (tt) (Cir)
Telugu: భూమి (te) (bhūmi)
Thai: โลก (th) (lôok)
Tibetan: སའི་གོ་ལ (sa'i go la)
Turkish: Dünya (tr), Yer (tr), Yertinç, Yerküre, Acun (tr), Yerdiz
Turkmen: Dünýä
Udmurt: му (mu)
Ukrainian: Земля́ (uk) f (Zemljá)
Urdu: زمین‎ (ur) f (zamīn), پرتھوی‎ f (prithvī)
Uyghur: يەر‎ (ug) (yer)
Uzbek: Yer
Vietnamese: Trái Đất (vi), Địa Cầu (vi)
Volapük: tal (vo)
Welsh: y Ddaear
West Frisian: ierde (fy)
Wolof: suuf si (wo)
Yagnobi: замин (zamin)
Yakut: Сир (Sir)
Yiddish: ערד‎ f (erd)
Yup'ik: nunarpak
Zazaki: Erd m, Erde m
Zhuang: digiuz, ^{(please verify)} Giuznamh
Zulu: uMhlaba 3 or 4

personification of Earth — see Mother Earth

Anagrams[edit]

Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Taher, Terah, Thera, hater, heart, rathe, rehat, th'are, thare

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