The Solar System has four terrestrial or telluric planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
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Terrestrial
//tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl//
Synonyms for "terrestrial" (112 found)
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Related words (56)
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4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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9 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐπίγειος adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- ἐπίγειος adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Arabic
1 entries- أَرْضِيّ adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Armenian
2 entries- ցամաքային adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- ցամաքային adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Belarusian
4 entries- зямны́ adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- назе́мны adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- сухазе́мны adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- сухапу́тны adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зе́мен adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- назе́мен adj (broadcast with radio waves)
- све́тски adj (concerned with the worldly matters)
- сухозе́мен adj (of, pertaining to, or made of land)
Catalan
2 entries- terrestre adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestre adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Chinese
1 entries- 地面電視 /地面电视 adj (broadcast with radio waves)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 地球的 adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- 陸生 /陆生 adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Czech
4 entries- nadzemní adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- suchozemský adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- zemní adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- zemský adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Danish
2 entries- jordisk adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestrisk adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Dutch
2 entries- aards adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestrisch adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Esperanto
2 entries- surtera adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- tera adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Finnish
4 entries- Maan adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- maa adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- maa adj (of, pertaining to, or made of land)
- maa adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
French
2 entries- terrestre adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestre adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Galician
2 entries- terrestre adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestre adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Georgian
1 entries- სახმელეთო adj (broadcast with radio waves)
German
4 entries- Erd adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- Land adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- erdähnlich adj (astronomy: being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals)
- irdisch adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Greek
2 entries- γήινος adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- εδαφόβιος adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Hindi
4 entries- थलीय adj (of, pertaining to, or made of land)
- थलीय adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- पार्थिव adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- लौकिक adj (concerned with the worldly matters)
Hungarian
1 entries- szárazföldi adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Ido
1 entries- terala adj (of, pertaining to, or made of land)
Irish
1 entries- domhanda adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Italian
4 entries- terragno adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- terragnolo adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- terrestre adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terricolo adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Japanese
1 entries- 陸生の adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Latin
2 entries- terrestris adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestris adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Macedonian
1 entries- земен adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Māori
1 entries- nohowhenua adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- terrestrisk adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestrisk adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- terrestrisk adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestrisk adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Persian
1 entries- زمینی adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Polish
3 entries- nadziemny adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- naziemny adj (broadcast with radio waves)
- ziemski adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Portuguese
3 entries- terrestre adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestre adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- térreo adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Romanian
4 entries- neacvatic adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- pământesc adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terestru adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terestru adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Russian
4 entries- земно́й adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- земно́й adj (of, pertaining to, or made of land)
- назе́мный adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- све́тский adj (concerned with the worldly matters)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zemàljskī adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- зема̀љскӣ adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Slovak
4 entries- nadzemný adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- suchozemský adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- zemný adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- zemský adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Slovene
2 entries- zemeljski adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- zemski adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Spanish
2 entries- terrestre adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- terrestre adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Swedish
1 entries- jordisk adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Tagalog
2 entries- dalatning adj (of, pertaining to, or made of land)
- dutain adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kenätstse adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
Ukrainian
3 entries- земни́й adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- назе́мний adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
- сухопу́тний adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Welsh
3 entries- bydol adj (concerned with the worldly matters)
- daearol adj (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants)
- tirol adj (living or growing on land; not aquatic)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Pigeons can use the terrestrial magnetic field to find their way home.
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The earth, because of its shape, is called the terrestrial globe.
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Spain shares borders with France, Portugal, the principality of Andorra, and the British colony of Gibraltar. In its African territories, it shares terrestrial and maritime borders with Morocco.
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