Earthling

earthling English 2022 March 22 Etymology en ine-pro *h₁er- earth From en earth ling suffix indicating a resident follower or resident;earthling n.2 1 59046 September 2020 1; earthling n en earth is ultimately derived from en ine-pro *h₁er- earth earth. ang ierþling farmer, husbandman, ploughman one of the earth is formed from the same roots but generally did not outlive Old English; all modern uses are historical: see en earthling. Compare also en human, which is derived from en la humus ground, soil. Pronunciation en /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/ RP en /ˈɝθlɪŋ/ GA en En-au-Earthling.ogg AU en Earth ling Noun An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven. 16 60 1 VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs? en chiefly science fiction An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. 20 en nonstandard, humorous, science fiction Earthican Tellurian Terran Thesaurus:Earthling en alien extraterrestrial Thesaurus:extraterrestrial en archaic A person who is materialistic or worldly; a worldling. 17 Alternative forms en earthling Hypernyms en Solarian Hyponyms en Earthboy en Earthgirl en Earthman en Earthwoman Coordinate terms en halfling en Mercurian en Venusian en Lunarian en Marsling, en marsling, en Martian en Jovian, en Jupiterian en Saturnian en Uranian en Neptunian en Plutonian Translations inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven Spanish: es terrenal m f, es terrestre m f inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet Arabic: ar أَرْضِيّ m Basque: eu lurtar Belarusian: be зямля́нін m Bulgarian: bg земля́нин m, bg жи́тел на Земя́та Catalan: ca terrícola m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 地球人 Czech: cs Pozemšťan m Danish: da jordbo c Dutch: nl aardeling m, nl aardbewoner m, nl aardbewoonster f Esperanto: eo terano Estonian: et maalased Finnish: fi Maan asukas French: fr terrien m, fr terrienne f German: de Erdling m, de Terraner m, de Terranerin f Greek: el γήινος m Hungarian: hu földlakó Icelandic: is jarðarbúi m Indonesian: id makhluk bumi, id penduduk bumi Italian: it terrestre m Japanese: ja 地球人 ちきゅうじん, chikyūjin Kazakh: kk Жер тұрғыны Korean: ko 지구인(地球人) Lithuanian: lt žemiẽtis m, lt žemiẽtė f Macedonian: mk земјанин m Malay: ms makhluk bumi, ms orang bumi, ms penduduk bumi Polish: pl Ziemianin m, pl Ziemianka f Portuguese: pt terráqueo m, pt terrestre m f Romanian: ro pământean m, ro pământeană f Russian: ru земля́нин m, ru жи́тель Земли́ m, ru жи́тельница Земли́ f, ru терра́нец m (science fiction) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Зѐмљанин m, sh Зѐмљанка f Latin: sh Zèmljanin m, sh Zèmljanka f Slovak: sk Pozemšťan m Slovene: sl Zemljan m Spanish: es terráqueo m, es terrestre m f, es terrícola m f Swedish: sv jordbo c Thai: th ชาวโลก chaao-lôok Turkish: tr dünyalı Ukrainian: uk земля́нин m, uk ме́шканець Землі́ m, uk ме́шканка Землі́ f, uk терра́нець m science fiction, rare Vietnamese: vi người Trái đất Welsh: cy daearolyn m person who is materialistic or worldly Spanish: es mundano m References Further reading 3 13 3 Anagrams en aeghilnrt lathering relathing haltering real thing heartling en Celestial inhabitants Earth Demonyms