extraterrestrial

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ terrestrial.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkstɹətɚˈɛstɹi.əl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛst.ɹi.əl/

• CA synth

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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.

Translations

originating from outside of the Earth

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: قَائِمٌ خَارِجَ اَلْأَرْض‎ (qāʾimun ḵārija l-ʾarḍ)
• Asturian: estraterrestre
• Azerbaijani: yadplanetli (az)
• Bulgarian: извънземен (bg) (izvǎnzemen)
• Catalan: extraterrestre (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: mimozemský
• Danish: udenjordisk
• Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
• Esperanto: ekstertera
• Estonian: maaväline
• Finnish: avaruus- (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr)
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl)
• German: außerirdisch (de), extraterrestrisch (de)
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos)
• Hindi: परग्रही (paragrahī)
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu)
• Italian: extraterrestre (it)

• Japanese: (adnominal) 地球外 (ちきゅうがい, chikyūgai)
• Korean: 지구밖 (jigubak)
• Latin: extrāterrestriālis (Modern Latin), extrāterrestris (Modern Latin), extrā terram (Classical Latin)
• Manx: neuhallooinagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utenomjordisk

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

  Cyrillic: ванзема̀љски, изванзема̀љскӣ

  Roman: vanzemàljski (sh), izvanzemàljskī (sh)

• Spanish: extraterrestre (es); alienígena (es)
• Swedish: utomjordisk (sv)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr), dünya dışı
• 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
   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

• ET

Translations

being originating from outside of the Earth

• Catalan: extraterrestre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外星人 (zh) (wàixīngrén)

• Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m
• Esperanto: eksterterano
• Estonian: tulnukas
• Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), avaruusolio (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr) m or f
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m
• German: Außerirdischer (de) m, Außerirdische (de) f
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) m (exogíinos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu), űrlény
• Irish: eachtardhomhandach m

• Japanese: 宇宙人 (ja) (uchūjin) (うちゅうじん), 異星人 (iseijin) (いせいじん)
• Latin: ēns extrā terram n
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk skapning m
• Polish: kosmita (pl) m, kosmitka (pl) f
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) m or f
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro) m
• Russian: инопланетянин (ru) m (inoplanetjanin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ванзема́љац m, изванзема́љац m

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

• Spanish: extraterrestre (es) m
• Swedish: utomjording (sv) n (utomjordling)
• Ukrainian: іншопланетянин m (inšoplanetjanyn)

See also

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