terrestre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈres.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈres.tɾe]

Adjective

terrestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural terrestres)

1. terrestrial; earthly

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French

Etymology

From Old French terrestre, borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁɛstʁ/ ~ /te.ʁɛstʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstʁ
• Homophone: terrestres

Adjective

terrestre (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

 

Related terms

• terre

Further reading

• “terrestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre m or f (plural terrestres)

1. terrestrial

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin terrestris.

Adjective

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈres.tre/, [t̪ɛrˈrɛs̠t̪rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈres.tre/, [t̪erˈrɛst̪re]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) terrestre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of terrestris

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French terrestre.

Adjective

terrestre

1. Terrestrial; earthly.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “terrestre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular terrestre)

1. terrestrial; earthly

Descendants

• → Middle English: terrestre
  • English: terrestre (obsolete)
• French: terrestre

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

1. terrestrial (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth)

   Synonyms: terráqueo, térreo

2. terrestrial (living in dry land)

Noun

1. Terrestrial; Earthling; Terran (inhabitant of Earth)

   Synonym: terráqueo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈrestɾe/ [t̪eˈres.t̪ɾe]

Adjective

terrestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural terrestres)

1. terrestrial
2. earthling
3. earthly

Derived terms

• abrojo terrestre
• hiedra terrestre
• juego terrestre (“ground game”) (football)

Related terms

• extraterrestre
• tierra

 

See also

• acuático
• aéreo
• ígneo
• terráqueo
• terrenal