English Noun earth Our planet, third out from the Sun. (Uncountable) Any general rock-based material. (Alchemy) One of the four basic elements. Soil. Related terms earthquake earthy Translations Basque: lur Breton: douar m (1) Catalan: terra f Chinese: 地球 (1), 泥土(2,3) Czech: Země (1), země (2) f Danish: jorden Dutch: aarde f (1,2,3) Egyptian: geb Esperanto: tero Estonian: maa Finnish: maa French: terre f (1,2,3) Frisian: ierde (1,2,3) German: Erde f (1,2,3) Greek (ancient): Γαία Greek (modern): Γή Guarani: yvy Hebrew: eretz Hungarian: föld Hindi: (dharti) Icelandic: jörðin Incan: pachamama Indonesian: bumi Interlingua: terra Irish: an domhan Italian: terra f Japanese: 地球 (ちきゅう, chikyū) Latin: terra f (1,2,3) Maltese: dinja Maori: papa Mayan: bacabs Malay: bumi Nahuatl: coatlicue Norse: midgard Norwegian: jorden Polish: ziemia f Portuguese: terra f Romanian: pământ n Russian: Земля f Serbo-Croatian: zemlja Slovak: Zem (1), zem (2) f Slovene: zemlja f Spanish: tierra f Sumerian: enlil Tagalog: mundo Tupinambá: yby Verb (UK) To connect electrically to the earth (US ground) That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed See also world