Earth

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The Earth

Planetary symbol for the Earth, ⟨🜨⟩

An alternative planetary symbol for the Earth, ⟨♁⟩

Alternative forms

earth (planet)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

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

(third planet of the Solar System): the Blue Planet, the 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

planet

Derived terms

Translations

third planet of the Solar System

Abkhaz: Адгьыл (Adgʲəl)
Adyghe: Чӏыгу (Ĉʼəgʷu)
Afrikaans: Aarde
Ainu: アィヌモシㇼ (aynu-mosir)
Albanian: Tokë f (indefinite), Toka (sq) f (definite)
Aleut: tanax̂
American Sign Language: Open8@BackHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Twist
Amharic: መሬት (am) (märet)
Apache:
Western Apache: niʼ, niʼgosdzán
Arabic: الْأَرْض (ar) f (al-ʔarḍ)
Egyptian Arabic: الأرض f (el-ʔarḍ)
Aragonese: Tierra
Armenian: Երկիր (hy) (Erkir)
Aromanian: Locu
Assamese: পৃথিৱী (prithiwi), ভূঁই (bhũi)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܥܵܐ f (ārʿa)
Asturian: Tierra (ast) f
Avar: Ракь (Rakkˡʼ)
Azerbaijani: Dünya, Yer (az)
Baluchi: زمین (zamín)
Bashkir: Ер (Yer)
Basque: Lurra (eu)
Bavarian: eadn
Belarusian: Зямля́ f (Zjamljá)
Bengali: পৃথিবী (bn) (prithibi), আর্থ (bn) (artho)
Bikol Central: Kinaban
Breton: Douar (br) m
Bulgarian: Земя́ f (Zemjá)
Burmese: ကမ္ဘာဂြိုဟ် (my) (kambhagruih), ကမ္ဘာ (my) (kambha)
Carpathian Rusyn: Земля́ f (Zemljá)
Catalan: Terra (ca), terra (ca) f
Chechen: Дуьне (Düne)
Cherokee: ᎡᎶᎯ (chr) (elohi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 地球 (dei⁶ kau⁴)

Dungan: Димян (Dimi͡an)

Eastern Min: 地球 (Dê-giù)

Hakka: 地球 (Thi-khiù)

Hokkien: 地球 (zh-min-nan) (tē-kiû/tuē-kiû)

Jin: 地球 (di³ qiou¹)

Mandarin: 地球 (zh) (dìqiú)

Wu: 地球 (⁶di-jieu)
Chuvash: Ҫӗр (Śĕr)
Cornish: Norvys m, Norves m
Crimean Tatar: Zemin
Czech: Země (cs) f
Danish: Jorden (da) c, jorden (da) c
Dhivehi: ބިން (bin̊)
Dutch: Aarde (nl) f
East Central German: Ard f
Elfdalian: juord f
Erzya: Мода (Moda)
Esperanto: terglobo
Estonian: Maa (et), maakera (et)
Ewe: Anyigba
Faroese: jørð (fo) f
Finnish: Maa (fi)
French: Terre (fr) f
Galician: terra (gl) f
Georgian: დედამიწა (dedamic̣a)
German: Erde (de) f
Alemannic German: Erde 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) (pŕthvī)
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, jörð (is) f
Ido: Tero (io)
Indonesian: Bumi (id)
Ingush: Лаьтта (Lätta)
Irish: Domhan m
Italian: Terra (it) f
Japanese: 地球 (ja) (ちきゅう, Chikyū), アース (ja) (Āsu)
Kalmyk: делкә (delkä), Делкә һариг (Delkä ğarig)
Kannada: ಭೂಮಿ (kn) (bhūmi)
Karachay-Balkar: Джер (Cer)
Kazakh: Жер (Jer)
Khmer: ផែនដី (km) (phaen dəy)
Komi-Permyak: му (mu)
Komi-Zyrian: Му (Mu)
Korean: 지구(地球) (ko) (Jigu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زەڤی (zevî), زەوی (ckb) (zewî)

Northern Kurdish: erd (ku), Erd (ku)
Kyrgyz: Жер (Jer)
Lakota: makȟówaŋča
Lao: ໂລກ (lo) (lōk)
Latin: orbis (la) m, terra (la) f, orbis terrarum m
Latvian: Zeme (lv) f, 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
Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯂꯦꯝ (maalem)
Manx: yn Thalloo, yn chruinney, yn Dowan
Marathi: पृथ्वी (mr) (pŕthvī)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Мланде (Mlande)

Western Mari: Мӱлӓндӹ (Müländÿ)
Maricopa: mat
Mingrelian: დიხაუჩა (dixauča), დიადიხა (diadixa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Дэлхий (Delxii), дэлхий (mn) (delxii)

Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠭᠡᠢ (delegei)
Nahuatl: tlālticpactli
Nauruan: Eb (na)
Navajo: nahasdzáán
Nenets: Я (Ya)
Nepali: पृथ्वी (ne) (pr̥thvī)
Northern Ohlone: wárép
Northern Sami: Eana
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jord (no) m or f

Nynorsk: jord f
Occitan: Tèrra (oc) f
Odia: ପୃଥିବୀ (or) (pruthibi)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: землꙗ f (zemlja)

Glagolitic: ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ f (zemlě)
Old Dutch: ertha f
Old East Slavic: землꙗ f (zemlja)
Old English: eorþe f
Old Frisian: erthe f
Old High German: erda f
Old Norse: jǫrð f
Old Saxon: ertha f
Ossetian: Зӕхх (Zæxx)
Pashto: ځمکه f (jmᶕka)
Persian:
Classical Persian: زَمِین (fa) (zamīn)

Dari: زَمِین (fa) (zamīn)

Iranian Persian: زَمین (fa) (zamin)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Erth
Polish: Ziemia (pl) f
Portuguese: Terra (pt) f
Punjabi: ਧਰਤੀ (dhartī)
Quechua: paca, paza
Romanian: Pământ (ro) n
Romansch: Terra
Russian: Земля́ (ru) f (Zemljá)
Sango: Sese
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: පෘථිවිය (si) (pr̥thiwiya)
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) class 9/10
Swedish: jorden (sv) c, Tellus (sv) n
Tagalog: Daigdig (tl), Duta
Tajik: замин (tg) (zamin)
Tamil: நிலம் (ta) (nilam), பூமி (ta) (pūmi), புவி (ta) (puvi)
Taos: pǫ̏ʼóna
Tatar: Җир (tt) (Cir)
Tedim Chin: lei
Telugu: భూమి (te) (bhūmi)
Tetum: Rai
Tetun Dili: Rai
Thai: โลก (th) (lôok)
Tibetan: སའི་གོ་ལ (sa'i go la)
Tigrinya: ምድሪ (ti) (mədri)
Turkish: Dünya (tr), Yer (tr), Yüre (tr), Yerküre, Acun (tr), Yerdiz, Arz
Turkmen: Dünýä
Udmurt: му (mu), Музъем (Muzjem)
Ukrainian: Земля́ (uk) f (Zemljá)
Urdu: زَمِین (ur) f (zamīn), پِرْتِھْوی f (pirthivī), اَرْض f (arz)
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), ערד־פּלאַנעט (erd-planet)
Yup'ik: nunarpak
Zazaki: Erd m, Erde m
Zhuang: digiuz, ^{(please verify)} Giuznamh
Zou: lei
Zulu: uMhlaba class 3/4

personification of Earth — see Mother Earth

Anagrams

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

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