terrestre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre (masculine and feminine plural terrestres)

  1. terrestrial; earthly

French

Etymology

From Old French terrestre, borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁɛstʁ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛstʁ
  • Homophone: terrestres

Adjective

terrestre (plural terrestres)

  1. earthly (relating to earth of soil)
  2. earthly (to the Earth)

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Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre m, f (plural terrestres)

  1. terrestrial

Italian

Etymology

From Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre (masculine and feminine plural terrestri)

  1. earthly
  2. terrestrial
  3. land

Derived terms

Noun

terrestre m (plural terrestri)

  1. terrestrial
  2. earthling
  3. earthly

Latin

Adjective

terrestre

  1. nominative neuter singular of terrestris
  2. accusative neuter singular of terrestris
  3. vocative neuter singular of terrestris

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French terrestre.

Adjective

terrestre

  1. Terrestrial; earthly.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for terrestre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular terrestre)

  1. terrestrial; earthly

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Adjective

terrestre m, f (plural terrestres, comparable)

  1. terrestrial (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth)
  2. terrestrial (living in dry land)

Synonyms

Noun

terrestre m, f (plural terrestres)

  1. Terrestrial; Earthling; Terran (inhabitant of Earth)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ teˈres.tɾe ]

Adjective

terrestre (plural terrestres)

  1. terrestrial
  2. earthling
  3. earthly

See also

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