extraterrestrial
/ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
noun
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.
Example Sentences
- "Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true."
- "Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English terrestrial English extraterrestrial From extra- + terrestrial.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Biology.
Inflected Forms
more extraterrestrial (comparative)
most extraterrestrial (superlative)
extra-terrestrial (alternative)
extraterrestrials (plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
extraterrestrial dust
extraterrestrial religion
star visitor
time traveler
little green man
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