extraterrestrial

English

Alternative forms

• extra-terrestrial

Etymology

From extra- +‎ terrestrial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧ter‧res‧tri‧al

Adjective

extraterrestrial (comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial)

1. Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
   • 1989 October 11, Esther B. Fein, “U.F.O. Landing Is Fact, Not Fantasy, the Russians Insist”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2012, Section A, page 6‎^[2]:

     Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true.

Derived terms

• extraterrestrial dust
• extraterrestrial dust

Translations

originating from outside of the Earth

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Albanian: jashtëtokësor (sq)
• Arabic: قَائِم خَارِجَ الْأَرْض (qāʔim ḵārija l-ʔarḍ)
• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (hy) (aylmolorakayin)
• Asturian: estraterrestre (ast)
• Azerbaijani: yadplanetli (az)
• Belarusian: пазазе́мны (pazazjémny), пазазямны́ (pazazjamný), іншаплане́тны (inšaplanjétny), іншаплянэ́тны (inšapljanétny)
• Bulgarian: извънзе́мен (bg) (izvǎnzémen)
• Catalan: extraterrestre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地球外的 (zh) (dìqiúwài de), 外星的 (zh) (wàixīng de)

• Czech: mimozemský (cs)
• Danish: udenjordisk
• Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
• Esperanto: ekstertera
• Estonian: maaväline
• Finnish: avaruus- (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr)
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl)
• Georgian: არამიწიერი (aramic̣ieri)
• German: außerirdisch (de), extraterrestrisch (de)
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos)
• Hindi: परग्रही (paragrahī), अलौकिक (hi) (alaukik), अपार्थिव (hi) (apārthiv), पार्थिवेतर (pārthivetar), भौमेतर (bhaumetar)
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu)
• Italian: extraterrestre (it)
• Japanese: (adnominal) 地球外 (ちきゅうがい, chikyūgai)
• Kazakh: Жерден тыс (Jerden tys), бөгдеғаламдық (bögdeğalamdyq)
• Korean: 지구밖 (jigu-bak), 외계의 (oegye-ui)
• Kyrgyz: Жерден тышкаркы (Jerden tışkarkı)
• Latin: extrāterrestriālis (Modern Latin), extrāterrestris (Modern Latin), extrā terram (Classical Latin)
• Latvian: ārpuszemes
• Lithuanian: nežemiškas
• Macedonian: вонземски (vonzemski)
• Manx: neuhallooinagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utenomjordisk

• Occitan: extraterrèstre (oc)
• Persian: فرازمینی (farâ-zamini)
• Polish: pozaziemski (pl)
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt)
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro)
• Russian: внеземно́й (ru) (vnezemnój), иноплане́тный (ru) (inoplanétnyj), неземно́й (ru) (nezemnój)
• Scots: extraeterrestrial
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ванзема̀љски, изванзема̀љскӣ

  Roman: vanzemàljski (sh), izvanzemàljskī (sh)

• Slovak: mimozemský
• Slovene: nezemeljski
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es); alienígena (es)
• Swedish: utomjordisk (sv)
• Tajik: берун аз Замин (berun az Zamin), хориҷи Замин (xoriji Zamin)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr), dünya dışı
• Ukrainian: позазе́мний (pozazémnyj), неземни́й (nezemnýj), іноплане́тний (inoplanétnyj), іншоплане́тний (inšoplanétnyj)
• Uzbek: yerdan tashqaridagi
• Vietnamese: ngoài trái đất, ngoài Trái Đất, ngoài hành tinh

Noun

extraterrestrial (plural extraterrestrials)

1. A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:extraterrestrial

   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[3]:

     Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.

Related terms

• ET

Translations

being originating from outside of the Earth

• Arabic: فَضَائِيّ m (faḍāʔiyy), فَضَائِيَّة f (faḍāʔiyya)
• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (hy) (aylmolorakayin)
• Azerbaijani: yadplanetli (az)
• Belarusian: іншапланеця́нін m (inšaplanjecjánin), іншапланеця́нка f (inšaplanjecjánka), чужапланеця́нін m (čužaplanjecjánin), чужапланеця́нка f (čužaplanjecjánka)
• Bulgarian: извънзе́мен (bg) m (izvǎnzémen), извънзе́мна (bg) f (izvǎnzémna)
• Catalan: extraterrestre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外星人 (zh) (wàixīngrén), 宇宙人 (zh) (yǔzhòurén)

• Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m, mimozemšťanka (cs) f
• Danish: rumvæsen n, alien c
• Dutch: ruimtewezen (nl) n, alien (nl) m
• Esperanto: eksterterano
• Estonian: tulnukas
• Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), avaruusolio (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr) m or f
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m
• Georgian: უცხოპლანეტელი (ucxoṗlaneṭeli)
• German: Außerirdischer (de) m, Außerirdische (de) f
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) m (exogíinos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu), űrlény (hu)
• Irish: eachtardhomhandach m
• Japanese: 宇宙人 (ja) (うちゅうじん, uchūjin), 異星人 (いせいじん, iseijin)
• Korean: 우주인(宇宙人) (ko) (uju'in)
• Latin: ēns extrā terram n
• Macedonian: вонзе́мјанин m (vonzémjanin), вонзе́мјанка f (vonzémjanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: romvesen n

• Polish: kosmita (pl) m, kosmitka (pl) f
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) m or f
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro) m
• Russian: инопланетя́нин (ru) m (inoplanetjánin), инопланетя́нка (ru) f (inoplanetjánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ванзема́љац m, изванзема́љац m

  Roman: vanzemáljac (sh) m, izvanzemáljac (sh) m

• Slovak: mimozemšťan (sk) m, mimozemšťanka (sk) f
• Slovene: nezemljan m, nezemljanka f
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es) m
• Swedish: utomjording (sv) n (utomjordling)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr)
• Ukrainian: іншопланетя́нин m (inšoplanetjányn), іншопланетя́нка f (inšoplanetjánka), чужопланетя́нин m (čužoplanetjányn), чужопланетя́нка f (čužoplanetjánka), інопланетя́нин m (inoplanetjányn), інопланетя́нка f (inoplanetjánka)

See also

• alien
• angel
• celestial
• spirit
• star visitor
• time traveler
• little green man