How to Pronounce "earthling"
word
ˈɝθɫɪŋ
URTH-ling
ˈɜːθlɪŋ
URTH-ling
Definition
An earthling is a person or living being from the planet Earth, usually used in science fiction to describe humans as seen by aliens.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈɝθɫɪŋ
British English
ˈɜːθlɪŋ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
URTH-ling
UK
URTH-ling
Listen in Context
The aliens met their first earthling.
Are you an earthling or an alien?
The earthling was afraid of space travel.
To aliens, every earthling must seem very strange.