terran
/ˈtɛ.ɹən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of Earth; of terrestrial origin.
noun
An inhabitant of Earth; an earthling, especially a human.
name
A hypothetical language spoken throughout all of Earth.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Terran (“of or from Earth; terrestrial”).
Example Sentences
- "The magazines, in the nearby rack, were in English. And on their covers, laughing Terrans."
- "[…] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2)."
- "As they approached the steps the Klee-shaes could hear a terran favorite over the great building's Public Address system—it was Neil Young warbling Keep On Rocking In The Free World, but a Fartian host, misunderstanding the moment, transferred the track to Mollify."
- "Like most “fish” native to Safehold, it has a very long, sinuous body but the head does resemble a terran hake or cod, with a hooked jaw."
- "Annual Pack Includes: Gift pack - SOL30000 a terran year (equivalent to SOL2500/month over the duration of the adoption). Personalised certificate. Stand-up photo-portrait (14.5 x 200m) of your soldier."
- "Cal cut wide in his shoulder jets with a short burst and slid in to earth under a tree so like a terran cottonwood it was hard to tell the difference. The trees on windy hillsides on Lehaunan had been warped and strangely twisted […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English Terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Terran From Terra + -an.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈtɛ.ɹən/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Astronomy.