"Earthian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Earthian [comparative], most Earthian [superlative]
Etymology: From Earth + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Earth|ian}} Earth + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Earthian (comparative more Earthian, superlative most Earthian)
  1. (science fiction) Of or from the planet Earth. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Demonyms Synonyms: Earthish
    Sense id: en-Earthian-en-adj-nHGxdNll Disambiguation of Demonyms: 12 42 45 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Earthean

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Earth + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Earth|ian}} Earth + -ian Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Earthian
  1. (science fiction, rare) A universal language spoken on Earth. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Science fiction, Demonyms Synonyms: Earthish
    Sense id: en-Earthian-en-name-vcpbd50G Disambiguation of Demonyms: 12 42 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 73 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 13 69 18 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Earthean

Noun [English]

Forms: Earthians [plural]
Etymology: From Earth + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Earth|ian}} Earth + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Earthian (plural Earthians)
  1. (science fiction) A person from planet Earth. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Celestial inhabitants, Demonyms Synonyms: Earthling, Terran, Earthling
    Sense id: en-Earthian-en-noun-HYGKs-bD Disambiguation of Celestial inhabitants: 19 30 51 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 12 42 45 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Earthean

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Earthian meaning in All languages combined (6.1kB)

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