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extraterrestrial

extraterrestrial

English

Adjective

extraterrestrial ‎(comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial)

Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.

Translations

originating from outside of the Earth

Afrikaans:
Arabic: قَائِمٌ خَارِجَ اَلْأَرْض ‎(qāʾimun ḵārija l-ʾarḍ)
Asturian: estraterrestre
Catalan: extraterrestre
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地球外的 ‎(dìqiúwài de)
Czech: mimozemský
Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
Esperanto: ekstertera
Finnish: avaruus- (fi)
French: extraterrestre (fr)
Galician: extraterrestre (gl)
German: außerirdisch (de), extraterrestrisch (de)
Greek: εξωγήινος (el) ‎(exogíinos)
Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu)
Italian: extraterrestre (it)
Japanese: (adn.) 地球外 ‎(ちきゅうがい, chikyūgai)

Korean: 지구밖 ‎(jigubakk)
Latin: extraterrestrialis (Modern Latin), extraterrestris (Modern Latin), extra terram (Classical Latin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utenomjordisk
Occitan: extraterrèstre
Polish: pozaziemski (pl)
Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt)
Romanian: extraterestru (ro)
Russian: иноплане́тный (ru) ‎(inoplanétnyj), внеземно́й (ru) ‎(vnezemnój)
Scots: extraeterrestrial
Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljski (sh), izvanzemaljski (sh)
Spanish: extraterrestre (es); alienígena (es)
Swedish: utomjordisk (sv)
Turkish: uzaylı (tr), dünya dışı
Vietnamese: ngoài trái đất, ngoài Trái Đất, ngoài hành tinh

Noun

extraterrestrial ‎(plural extraterrestrials)

A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien
- 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
  Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

ET

Translations

being originating from outside of the Earth

Chinese:
Mandarin: 外星人 (zh) ‎(wàixīngrén)
Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m
Esperanto: eksterterano
Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), avaruusolio (fi)
French: extraterrestre (fr) m, f
Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m
German: Außerirdischer (de) m, Außerirdische f
Greek: εξωγήινος (el) m ‎(exogíinos)
Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu), űrlény

Irish: eachtardhomhandach m
Japanese: 宇宙人 (ja) ‎(uchūjin) (うちゅうじん), 異星人 ‎(iseijin) (いせいじん)
Latin: ens extra terram n
Norwegian: utenomjordisk skapning m
Polish: kosmita (pl) m, kosmitka (pl) f
Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) m, f
Romanian: extraterestru (ro) m
Russian: инопланетя́нин (ru) m ‎(inoplanetjánin)
Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljac (sh) m, izvanzemaljac (sh) m
Spanish: extraterrestre (es) m
Swedish: utomjording (sv) n (utomjordling)
Ukrainian: іншопланетянин m ‎(inšoplanetjanyn)

See also

alien
angel
celestial
extraplanetary being
extradimesional being
intra-planetary being
off-planet personality
spirit guide
spirit
star visitor
time traveler
little green man