"chthonian" meaning in All languages combined

See chthonian on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkθəʊnɪən/ [UK], /ˈθəʊnɪən/ [UK], /ˈkθoʊni.ən/ [US], /ˈθoʊni.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chthonian.wav Forms: more chthonian [comparative], most chthonian [superlative]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊnɪən Etymology: From Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”), from χθών (khthṓn, “ground”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χθόνιος||in or under the ground}} Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} chthonian (not generally comparable, comparative more chthonian, superlative most chthonian)
  1. Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth. Tags: not-comparable, usually Categories (topical): Lovecraftian horror Derived forms: chthonian planet Related terms: Chthonia, chthonic Translations (pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth): χθόνιος (khthónios) (Ancient Greek), chthonien (French), chtoniczny [masculine] (Polish), хтони́ческий (xtoníčeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chthonian-en-adj-92w0Q9Bi Disambiguation of Lovecraftian horror: 50 50 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 56 44

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkθəʊnɪən/ [UK], /ˈθəʊnɪən/ [UK], /ˈkθoʊni.ən/ [US], /ˈθoʊni.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chthonian.wav Forms: chthonians [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊnɪən Etymology: From Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”), from χθών (khthṓn, “ground”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χθόνιος||in or under the ground}} Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chthonian (plural chthonians)
  1. A dweller in the mythical underworld. Categories (topical): Lovecraftian horror
    Sense id: en-chthonian-en-noun-2jTND-xk Disambiguation of Lovecraftian horror: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.