different between inhabitant vs terrestrial

English

Alternative forms

• enhabitant (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitans, present participle of inhabito (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habit? (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habe? (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“seize, take, hold, have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hæ.b?.t?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?hab?i?tant

Noun

inhabitant (plural inhabitants)

1. Someone or thing who lives in a place.

Related terms

• inhabit

Translations

Adjective

inhabitant (not comparable)

1. Resident.

Latin

Verb

inhabitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of inhabit?

Old French

Noun

inhabitant m (oblique plural inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative singular inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative plural inhabitant)

1. inhabitant

Descendants

• ? English: inhabitant

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (inhabitant)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t????st?i.?l/

Noun

terrestrial (plural terrestrials)

1. (botany) A ground-dwelling plant.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial

Adjective

terrestrial (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
2. Of, relating to, or composed of land.
   • 1997, New Scientist, issue 2096, Review: Cinderella's house

     Microorganisms are the Cinderellas of terrestrial ecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.

3. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.

4. (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
5. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
6. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
7. (broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.

Synonyms

• earthly
• planetary
• tellurian, telluric, Terran, terrene
• (of, relating to, or composed of land): land, landly
• (astronomy: Earth-like): telluric, rocky
• (concerned with the world): earthly, mundane, sublunary, worldly

Antonyms

• (of, made of, related to, or living or growing on land): aerial, aquatic, arboreal, epiphytic
• (concerned with the world): celestial, spiritual

Hyponyms

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Translations

References

• terrestrial at OneLook Dictionary Search