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Etymology
OE. term|eorþe||ground, soil, dry land, from proto|Germanic|ertho, from proto|Indo-European|er- (baseform)

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/��θ/, SAMPA|/3:T/
a|US IPA|/�θ/, SAMPA|/3`T/
audio|en-us-earth.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
en-proper noun|sg=the earth

1. Our planet, third out from the sun; see main entry Earth.

#:The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.

Noun
Image:BrownSoil.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Earth as soil (1)
en-noun|-

1. uncountable soil|Soil.

#:This is good earth for growing potatoes.

1. uncountable Any general rock-based material.

#:She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

1. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

#:Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.

1. UK A connection electrically to the earth (US ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
2. A fox's home or lair.
3. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

#*1819, John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
#*:"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

1. alchemy One of the four basic elements (see w:Classical_element|Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
2. India|and|Japan One of the five basic elements (see w:Classical_element|Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
3. context|Taoist One of the five basic elements (see w:Five_Elements|Wikipedia article on the Five Elements).

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "earth"
down to earth
earth closet
Earth Day
earth mother
Earth Summit
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust
earth tone
earthbound
earthen
earthenware
earthquake
earthling
earthly
earthly paradise
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earthquake
earth-shattering
earthworm
earthy
ends of the earth
flat earthers
go to earth
Mother Earth
rare earth
run to earth
salt of the earth
scorched earth
unearth
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Translations
trans-top|our planet
see translations at Earth#Translations|Earth.
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trans-top|soil
Afrikaans: aarde
Bosnian: zemlja f
Croatian: zemlja f
Czech: zem� f
Danish: jord
Dutch: aarde f, grond
French: terre f
Estonian: maa#Estonian|maa
Finnish: maaperä
German: Erde f
Greek,
:Ancient: polytonic|γα�α (gaia) f, polytonic|γ� (g�) f, �ο�� (khus) f
:Modern: ��μα (khoma) n, γη (gé) f
Icelandic: jörð f
Italian: terra f
Japanese: �, (�, chi), � (��, tsuchi), �� (����, doj�)
Korean: t|ko|scHang|�|trheulg, heuk
Latvian: zeme f
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Lithuanian: žem� f
Malay: bumi
Malayalam: മണ�ണ� (maNNu)
Nahuatl: tlalli
Norwegian: jord m
Old English: hruse|hrūse f
Polish: ziemia f
Russian: земл� (zemljá) f
Scottish Gaelic: talamh m, tìr f
Scots: yerd
Serbian: t|sr|sc=Cyrl|зем�а|f, t|sr|zemlja|f
Slovene: zemlja f, prst f
Spanish: t|es|tierra|f, t|es|suelo|m
Swedish: jord
Turkish: toprak
Vietnamese: �ất
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trans-top|any general rock-based material
Afrikaans: aarde
Burmese: (mye-jì)
Chinese: 泥� (nít�)
Czech: zem� f
Danish: jordart, jord
Dutch: aarde f
Estonian: maapind
Finnish: maa#Finnish|maa
French: terre f
Frisian: ierde
German: Erde f, Grund m
Hawaiian: lepo
Hebrew: ���� (adamah)
Hindi: भ�मि (bhūmi)
Icelandic: jörð f
Irish: cré f, úir f
Italian: terra f
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Klingon: yav
Korean: t|ko|scHang|�|trheulg, heuk
Latin: terra f
Latvian: zeme f
Lithuanian: žem� f
Luxembourgish: �erd f
Malay: tanah
Middle High German: ërde
Norwegian: jord m
Old English: hruse|hrūse f
Old High German: erda
Persian: FAchar|ز��� (zamin)
Polish: ziemia f
Russian: земл� (zemljá) f
Slovak: zem f
Slovene: zemlja f
Spanish: t|es|tierra|f
Swahili: udongo
Swedish: jord
Volapük: glun
Welsh: daear f
Zulu: inhlabathi
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trans-top|the ground, land
Czech: zem� f
Danish: jord
Estonian: maa#Estonian|maa
German: Grund m
Greek,
:Ancient: polytonic|γα�α (gaia) f, polytonic|γ� (g�) f
:Modern: γη f, γαία f
Italian: terra f
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Korean: t|ko|scHang|�|trttang
Japanese: �� (���, jimen)
Malay: tanah
Scots: yerd
ttbc|Spanish: t|es|tierra|f, t|es|país|m
Turkish: yer
Urdu: ز��� f
Vietnamese: �ất, mặt �ất, �ất li�n
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trans-top|electrical connection
Estonian: maandus
German: Erde f
Greek: γεί��η (gíosi) f
Italian: terra f, massa f
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Japanese: �� (���, secchi), ��� (�su), ���� (gurando), ����� (guraundo)
ttbc|Spanish: t|es|tierra|f
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trans-top|fox's lair
German: Erdloch n, Erdbau m, Bau m
Greek: ��λιά (foliá) f
Italian: tana f
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trans-top|one of the four basic elements
Afrikaans: aarde
Bosnian: zemlja f
Chinese: 泥� (nít�)
Croatian: zemlja f
Czech: zem� f
Danish: jord
Dutch: aarde f
Estonian: maa#Estonian|maa
Finnish: maa#Finnish|maa
French: terre f
Frisian: ierde
German: Erde f
Greek: γη f
Icelandic: jörð f
Italian: terra f
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Japanese: � (�, chi)
Korean: � (heulg, heuk)
Latin: terra f
Latvian: zeme f
Lithuanian: žem� f
Luxembourgish: �erd f
Malayalam: ഭ�മി (bhUmi)
Norwegian: jord m
Old English: hruse|hrūse f
Polish: ziemia f
Portuguese: terra f )
Russian: земл� (zemljá) f
Scottish Gaelic: talamh m, tìr f
Serbian: t|sr|sc=Cyrl|зем�а|f, t|sr|zemlja|f
Slovak: zem f
Slovene: zemlja f
Spanish: t|es|tierra|f
Swedish: jord
Turkish: toprak
Vietnamese: �ất
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trans-top|one of the five basic elements
Afrikaans: aarde
Bosnian: zemlja f
Chinese: �
Croatian: zemlja f
Danish: jord
Dutch: aarde f
Estonian: maa#Estonian|maa
Finnish: maa#Finnish|maa
Greek: γη f
Icelandic: jörð f
Italian: terra f
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Japanese: � (��, tsuchi)
Korean: � (heulg, heuk)
Latvian: zeme f
Lithuanian: žem� f
Malayalam: ഭ�മി (bhUmi)
Norwegian: jord m
Old English: hruse|hrūse f
Polish: ziemia f
Russian: земл� (zemljá) f
Scottish Gaelic: talamh m, tìr f
Serbian: t|sr|sc=Cyrl|зем�а|f, t|sr|zemlja|f
Slovak: zem f
Slovene: zemlja f
Spanish: t|es|tierra|f
Swedish: jord
Turkish: toprak
Vietnamese: th�
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ارض unicode|(�ar�) f
ttbc|Basque: lur
ttbc|Belarusian: з�мл� (zjamlja), земл� (zemlja)
ttbc|Bulgarian: зем� (zemja) f
ttbc|Catalan: terra f
ttbc|Cebuano: tuna, kalibutan, hagna, banika
ttbc|Esperanto: tero
ttbc|Galician: terra f
ttbc|Georgian: �������� (dedamitsa)
ttbc|Gothic: ����� (airþa) f
ttbc|Guaraní: yvy
ttbc|Hindi: स�थल (sthal), प�थ�व� (prithvī)
ttbc|Hungarian: föld
ttbc|Ido: tero
ttbc|Indonesian: bumi
ttbc|Interlingua: terra
ttbc|Kannada: ನ�ಲ (nel), ಭ�ಮಿ (bhūmi), ಮಣ� (mannu)
ttbc|Khmer: KMchar|�� (dey), KMchar|���� (phaen-dey)
ttbc|Lydian: �λιδα� (klidas)
ttbc|Maltese: dinja
ttbc|Maori: papa
ttbc|Mapudungun: mapu
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ttbc|Mayan: bacabs
ttbc|Nahuatl: coatlicue
ttbc|Navajo: ni'
ttbc|Old Norse: midgard
ttbc|Novial: tere
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ز��� (zamin)
ttbc|Quechua: pachamama
ttbc|Quenya: ���� (arda)
ttbc|Romanian: p�mânt n
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè, talamh, saoghal m, ùir f
ttbc|Sindarin: ����� (ambar), ��� (ardh)
ttbc|Sumerian: enlil, ki
ttbc|Tagalog: mundo
ttbc|Telugu: భ�మి (bhoomi)
ttbc|Thai: THchar|�ิ� (din), THchar|�����ิ� (phaendin), THchar|�ล� (lok)
ttbc|Tupinambá: yby
ttbc|Turkish: Dünya, Yer
ttbc|Welsh: daear
ttbc|Xhosa: umhlaba
ttbc|Yiddish: ער� (erd) f
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See also
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moon
sun
world
mid2
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Appendix:Planets
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Verb
en-verb

1. UK To connect electrically to the earth.

#: That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.

1. To bury.

Synonyms
sense|to connect electrically to the earth qualifier|US ground

Translations
trans-top|connect electrically to the earth
Danish: jordforbinde, jorde
Dutch: aarden
Estonian: maandama
Finnish: maattaa, maadoittaa
German: erden
Greek: γει�ν� (giono)
Italian: mettere a terra, collegare a terra
Japanese: ���� (�����, secchisuru), ����� (�susuru), ������ (gurandosuru)
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Lithuanian: įžeminti
Polish: uziemi�
Russian: заземл��� (zazemlját�)
Spanish: conectar a tierra
Swedish: jorda
Vietnamese: �ặt dây �ất, n�i v�i �ất
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trans-top|to bury
Danish: begrave
Dutch: begraven
Estonian: matma
German: beerdigen
Greek: θάβ� (thavo), εν�α�ιάζ� (entafiazo)
Italian: interrare
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Polish: zakopa�
Vietnamese: vun, lấp �ất
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Related terms
unearth

Anagrams
hater
heart
rathe

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