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земной — meaning in English

zemnoy

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English meaning

  • carnal adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  • earthly adj Belonging to this world or life, rather than to heaven or the afterlife.
  • earthy adj Resembling soil in smell, taste, or appearance.
  • mundane adj Ordinary and unremarkable; part of everyday routine rather than exciting or unusual.
  • tellurian adj Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets.
  • terrestrial adj Relating to the Earth or its land, as opposed to sea, sky, or space.
  • worldly adj Concerned with material or practical life rather than spiritual matters.

Senses

земной is used for these senses in English:

  • carnal Worldly or earthly; temporal.
  • earthly Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.
  • tellurian (formal, or, literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly, science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. [from mid 19th c.]
  • terrestrial Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
  • worldly Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

carnal — full definition

  1. adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  2. adjective Relating to the body rather than the spirit; worldly rather than spiritual.

earthly — full definition

  1. adj Belonging to this world or life, rather than to heaven or the afterlife.
  2. adj Used for emphasis in negative expressions like "no earthly reason."

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