earth

Etymology
From, from , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), related to  (compare 🇨🇬, perhaps 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬 in , perhaps 🇨🇬.

Probably unrelated, and of unknown etymology, is. Likewise, the phonologically similar 🇨🇬 – whence, – is probably not related.

Pronunciation




Proper noun

 * 1)  ; our planet, third out from the Sun.

Usage notes

 * The word is capitalized to  when used in context with other celestial bodies.

Noun



 * 1)   Soil.
 * 2)  Any general rock-based material.
 * 3) The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
 * 4)  A connection electrically to the earth ( ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
 * 5) The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.
 * 6) A region of the planet; a land or country.
 * 7) Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
 * 8) The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
 * 9)  The people on the globe.
 * 10) Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one.
 * 11)  The human body.
 * 12)  The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the.
 * 13)  Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
 * 1)  The people on the globe.
 * 2) Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one.
 * 3)  The human body.
 * 4)  The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the.
 * 5)  Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
 * 1)  The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the.
 * 2)  Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.

Translations

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Verb

 * 1)  To connect electrically to the earth.
 * 2)  To bury.
 * 3)  To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
 * 4)  To burrow.
 * 1)  To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
 * 2)  To burrow.
 * 1)  To burrow.
 * 1)  To burrow.
 * 1)  To burrow.