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English

Etymology

From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.^[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
(Australia) IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/

Noun

terrestrial (plural terrestrials)

(botany) A ground-dwelling plant.
Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”).
- 1873, Richard Anthony Proctor, The Expanse of Heaven‎^[1], page 235:
  It will be manifest that natural scenery must present many beautiful varieties of effect altogether unfamiliar to us terrestrials, who know of no colours in scenery except those inherent in the objects themselves which form the landscape.

Adjective

terrestrial (not comparable)

Of or relating to the Earth or its (native) inhabitants.
Synonym: earthly

Hyponyms: subterrestrial, superterrestrial, supraterrestrial

Coordinate terms: extraterrestrial, out of this world
- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist‎^[2], volume 408, number 8845, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 August 2013:
  Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as semiaquatic environs, or with aerial or space environs.
Near-synonyms: land (attributive), landbased, landly
- quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country
  […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]
- 1997, “Review: Cinderella's house”, in New Scientist, number 2096:
  Microorganisms are the Cinderellas of terrestrial ecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.
(of plants) Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitats or substrates).
Coordinate terms: aquatic, holoepiphytic, epiphytic, arboreal, aerial, aeroterrestrial

a terrestrial plant
- 2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN‎^[3], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 6 October 2023:
  Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^{[sic – meaning environments]}, the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.
(astronomy, of a planet) Being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust.
Coordinate term: gaseous

Near-synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene, Terran, rocky, metallic

a terrestrial planet
Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
Antonyms: celestial, spiritual, ethereal

Hyponym: mundane

Coordinate terms: earthly, earthy

Near-synonyms: worldly, sublunary
- 1744, [Edward Young], “Night the Sixth. The Infidel Reclaim’d. In Two Parts. Containing, the Nature, Proof, and Importance of Immortality. Part the First. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 14:
  A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.
(Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
- 1974 February, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, in Ensign‎^[4], archived from the original on 21 June 2013, page 77:
  We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial laws that will make us candidates for terrestrial glory; or telestial.
- 1977 August, Bruce R. McConkie, “A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!”, in Tambuli‎^[5], archived from the original on 27 June 2009, page 5:
  Theirs is an everlasting terrestrial inheritance because they rejected the truth when it was offered to them in mortality.
(broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.

Derived terms

Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)

Translations

of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants

Arabic: أَرْضِيّ (ʔarḍiyy)
Armenian: ցամաքային (hy) (cʻamakʻayin)
Belarusian: зямны́ (zjamný)
Bulgarian: зе́мен (bg) (zémen)
Catalan: terrestre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地球的 (zh) (dìqiú de)
Czech: zemní (cs), zemský (cs)
Danish: jordisk (da), terrestrisk
Dutch: aards (nl)
Esperanto: tera, surtera
Finnish: maa- (fi), maaperän (fi), Maan (fi)
French: terrestre (fr)
Galician: terrestre (gl) m or f
German: irdisch (de), terrestrisch (de), Erd- (de)
Greek: γήινος (el) (gíinos)
Ancient Greek: ἐπίγειος (epígeios)
Hindi: पार्थिव (hi) (pārthiv)
Hungarian: földi (hu)
Icelandic: jarðneskur
Irish: domhanda
Italian: terrestre (it)
Japanese: 地上の (ja) (ちじょうの, chijō no)
Latin: terrestris (la)
Macedonian: земен (zemen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: terrestrisk

Nynorsk: terrestrisk
Persian:
Iranian Persian: زَمینی (fa) (zamini)
Polish: ziemski (pl)
Portuguese: terrestre (pt), térreo (pt)
Romanian: terestru (ro), pământesc (ro)
Russian: земно́й (ru) (zemnój)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зема̀љскӣ

Latin: zemàljskī (sh)
Slovak: zemný, zemský (sk)
Slovene: zemski, zemeljski
Spanish: terrestre (es)
Swedish: jordisk (sv)
Tagalog: dutain
Tajik: заминӣ (tg) (zamini)
Tocharian B: kenätstse
Ukrainian: земни́й (zemnýj)
Welsh: daearol (cy)

of, pertaining to, or made of land

Bulgarian: сухозе́мен (suhozémen)
Finnish: maa- (fi)
Hindi: थलीय (thalīya), स्थलीय (hi) (sthalīya)
Ido: terala (io)
Russian: земно́й (ru) (zemnój)
Tagalog: dalatning

living or growing on land; not aquatic

Armenian: ցամաքային (hy) (cʻamakʻayin)
Belarusian: назе́мны (nazjémny), сухазе́мны (suxazjémny), сухапу́тны (suxapútny)
Bulgarian: сухозе́мен (suhozémen)
Catalan: terrestre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陸生 / 陆生 (zh) (lùshēng)
Czech: suchozemský (cs), nadzemní (cs)
Dutch: terrestrisch (nl)
Finnish: maa- (fi)
French: terrestre (fr) m or f
Galician: terrestre (gl) m or f
German: Land- (de)
Greek: εδαφόβιος (el) (edafóvios)
Ancient Greek: ἐπίγειος (epígeios)
Hindi: थलीय (thalīya), थलचर (hi) (thalcar)
Hungarian: szárazföldi (hu)
Italian: terragnolo, terricolo (it), terragno
Japanese: 陸生の (ja) (りくせい, rikusei)
Latin: terrestris (la)
Māori: nohowhenua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: terrestrisk

Nynorsk: terrestrisk
Polish: nadziemny (pl)
Portuguese: terrestre (pt)
Romanian: terestru (ro), neacvatic
Russian: назе́мный (ru) (nazémnyj), сухопу́тный (ru) (suxopútnyj)
Slovak: suchozemský, nadzemný
Spanish: terrestre (es)
Ukrainian: назе́мний (uk) (nazémnyj), сухопу́тний (suxopútnyj)
Welsh: tirol

astronomy: being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals

Finnish: maankaltainen (fi)
German: terrestrisch (de), erdähnlich (de)

concerned with the worldly matters

Bulgarian: све́тски (bg) (svétski)
Finnish: maallinen (fi)
Hindi: सांसारिक (hi) (sānsārik), लौकिक (hi) (laukik)
Russian: све́тский (ru) (svétskij)
Welsh: bydol (cy)

Mormonism: of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory

Finnish: maanpäällinen (fi)

broadcast with radio waves

Bulgarian: назе́мен (nazémen)
Chinese: 地面電視 / 地面电视 (dìmìan dìanshì)
Finnish: maa- (fi)
Georgian: სახმელეთო (saxmeleto)
Polish: naziemny (pl)

References

^ “terrestriā̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “From terrestre adj. or L terrestris”.