English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Terrestrial Pronunciation
Terrestrial is pronounced ter-E-stree-uhl, IPA /tɝˈɛstriəl/.
ter-E-stree-uhl
US /tɝˈɛstriəl/ · UK /təˈrɛstrɪəl/
Syllables: ter · E · stree · uhl (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Belonging to the earth or to dry land rather than to water, air, or space.
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Terrestrial in a Sentence
- Terrestrial plants dominate the upper slopes.
- The signal comes from a terrestrial transmitter, not a satellite.
- Frogs are amphibious rather than fully terrestrial.
Common Mispronunciations of Terrestrial
Not TE-res-tree-uhl
Everything centres on the E in the middle. The opening ter is a light run up, which is why the word sounds like it begins quietly.
Not te-RES-chuhl
Four syllables, with trial at the end splitting into stree and uhl. Collapsing it loses the shape the word shares with industrial.
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