He had to choose between "Earthling" and "Terran" for their demonym.
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Earthling
//ˈɜːθlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "earthling" (62 found)
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Related words (31)
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64 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَرْضِيّ noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Basque
1 entries- lurtar noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Belarusian
1 entries- зямля́нін noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жи́тел на Земя́та noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- земля́нин noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Catalan
1 entries- terrícola noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地球人 noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Czech
1 entries- Pozemšťan noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Danish
1 entries- jordbo noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Dutch
3 entries- aardbewoner noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- aardbewoonster noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- aardeling noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Esperanto
1 entries- terano noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Estonian
1 entries- maalased noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Finnish
1 entries- Maan asukas noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
French
2 entries- terrien noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- terrienne noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
German
3 entries- Erdling noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- Terraner noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- Terranerin noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Greek
1 entries- γήινος noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Hungarian
1 entries- földlakó noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Icelandic
1 entries- jarðarbúi noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Indonesian
2 entries- makhluk bumi noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- penduduk bumi noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Italian
1 entries- terrestre noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Japanese
1 entries- 地球人 noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Kazakh
1 entries- Жер тұрғыны noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Korean
1 entries- 지구인 noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Macedonian
1 entries- земјанин noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Malay
3 entries- makhluk bumi noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- orang bumi noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- penduduk bumi noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Polish
2 entries- Ziemianin noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- Ziemianka noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Portuguese
2 entries- terrestre noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- terráqueo noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Romanian
2 entries- pământean noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- pământeană noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Russian
4 entries- жи́тель Земли́ noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- жи́тельница Земли́ noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- земля́нин noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- терра́нец noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Zèmljanin noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- Zèmljanka noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- Зѐмљанин noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- Зѐмљанка noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Slovak
1 entries- Pozemšťan noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Slovene
1 entries- Zemljan noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Spanish
4 entries- mundano noun (person who is materialistic or worldly)
- terrenal noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven)
- terrestre noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven)
- terrestre noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Swedish
1 entries- jordbo noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Thai
1 entries- ชาวโลก noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Turkish
1 entries- dünyalı noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Ukrainian
4 entries- земля́нин noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- ме́шканець Землі́ noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- ме́шканка Землі́ noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
- терра́нець noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người Trái đất noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Welsh
1 entries- daearolyn noun (inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I am an Earthling.
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Sometimes I fail to understand your earthling ways.
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Thou art but an Earthling.
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