telluric en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.
Meanings
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Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
My sister always says she loves novels where you feel an elemental strength, primordial, telluric.
1981, Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
- Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most telluric | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more telluric | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
telluric iron · tellurism · telluric current · telluric bismuth · intratelluric · telluric gold · telluric acid · telluric oxide · magnetotelluric · tellurist · telluric planet · telluric silver · magnetotellurics · ultratelluric · telluric ochertelluric ochre · hydrotelluric
Synonyms
earthly · terrestrial · tellurian · terrene
Translations (13)
es telúrico (containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds) · it tellurico (pertaining to the Earth) · pt telúrico (pertaining to the Earth) · ca tel·lúric (pertaining to the Earth) · fr tellurique (pertaining to the Earth) · eo tera (pertaining to the Earth) · pt telúrico (containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds) · fr tellurique (containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds) · it tellurico (containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds) · ca tel·lúric (containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds) · es telúrico (pertaining to the Earth) · nl aards (pertaining to the Earth) · fi telluurinen (pertaining to the Earth)