Earth

See also: earth

English

Planetary symbol for the Earth, ⟨🜨⟩

An alternative planetary symbol for the Earth, ⟨♁⟩

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)

2. 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.
3. 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

• Earthan
• Earth Day
• Earther
• Earth-grazing
• Earth Guardian
• Earthian
• Earthican
• Earthite
• earthlight
• earthling
• Earthling
• Earthman
• Earth-normal
• Earth-pointing
• earthrise
• Earthscape
• earth science
• earth sciences
• earth-shattering
• Earthshine
• earthshine
• Earthship
• earthside
• Earth-sized
• Earth Summit
• Earthwoman
• hell on earth
• Middle Earth
• Middle-earth
• on God's green Earth
• transearth

 

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, klode m

  Nynorsk: jord f, klode m

• 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

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• (moon of Earth) Luna/‎Moon/‎moon ^[edit]
• ♁, 🜨

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
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IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Earth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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