extraterrestrial

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

extra- +‎ terrestrial

PronunciationEdit

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

• CA synth

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• Hyphenation: extra‧terrestrial

AdjectiveEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

originating from outside of the Earth

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: قَائِمٌ خَارِجَ اَلْأَرْض‏‎ (qāʾimun ḵārija l-ʾarḍ)
• Asturian: estraterrestre
• Catalan: extraterrestre
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: mimozemský
• Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
• Esperanto: ekstertera
• Finnish: avaruus- (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr)
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl)
• German: außerirdisch (de), extraterrestrisch (de)
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu)
• Italian: extraterrestre (it)

• Japanese: (adn.) 地球外 (ちきゅうがい, chikyūgai)
• Korean: 지구밖 (jigubakk)
• Latin: extraterrestrialis (Modern Latin), extraterrestris (Modern Latin), extra terram (Classical Latin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utenomjordisk

• Occitan: extraterrèstre
• Polish: pozaziemski (pl)
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt)
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro)
• Russian: иноплане́тный (ru) (inoplanétnyj), внеземно́й (ru) (vnezemnój)
• Scots: extraeterrestrial
• Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljski (sh), izvanzemaljski (sh)
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es); alienígena (es)
• Swedish: utomjordisk (sv)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr), dünya dışı
• Vietnamese: ngoài trái đất, ngoài Trái Đất, ngoài hành tinh

NounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:extraterrestrial

Related termsEdit

• ET

TranslationsEdit

being originating from outside of the Earth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外星人 (zh) (wàixīngrén)

• Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m
• Esperanto: eksterterano
• Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), avaruusolio (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr) m, f
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m
• German: Außerirdischer (de) m, Außerirdische 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: ens extra terram n
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk skapning m
• Polish: kosmita (pl) m, kosmitka (pl) f
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) m, f
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro) m
• Russian: инопланетя́нин (ru) m (inoplanetjánin)
• Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljac (sh) m, izvanzemaljac (sh) m
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es) m
• Swedish: utomjording (sv) n (utomjordling)
• Ukrainian: іншопланетянин m (inšoplanetjanyn)

See alsoEdit

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