Earthing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

fastening electrical equipment to earth

hide in the earth like a hunted animal

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛndoʊkˌæɹɪˌɑːɡæmi/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɜːθɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɜːθɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɛndoʊkˌæɹɪˌɑːɡæmi/.

Examples

earth the circuit

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

grounding earth

Parts of Speech

noun	fastening electrical equipment to earth
verb	hide in the earth like a hunted animal
verb	connect to the earth “earth the circuit”

Word Forms

ground	verb	connect to a ground
earth	verb	connect to the earth
earth	noun	the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
earthing	noun	fastening electrical equipment to earth

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Erdung

Befestigung elektrischer Geräte an der Erde

🇫🇷French

mise à la terre

fixation d'un équipement électrique à la terre

🇪🇸Spanish

toma de tierra

Fijación de equipos eléctricos a tierra.

🇮🇹Italian

messa a terra

fissaggio a terra delle apparecchiature elettriche

🇳🇱Dutch

aarding

het bevestigen van elektrische apparatuur aan de aarde

🇵🇹Portuguese

aterramento

fixação de equipamentos elétricos à terra

🇷🇺Russian

заземление

крепление электрооборудования к земле

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्राउंडिंग

बिजली के उपकरणों को धरती से जोड़ना

🇧🇩Bengali

আর্থিং

পৃথিবীতে বৈদ্যুতিক সরঞ্জাম বেঁধে দেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

பூமியாக்கம்

மின்சார உபகரணங்களை பூமியில் பொருத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

భూసేకరణ

విద్యుత్ పరికరాలను భూమికి బిగించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अर्थिंग

विद्युत उपकरणे पृथ्वीवर बांधणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અર્થિંગ

વિદ્યુત ઉપકરણોને પૃથ્વી પર બાંધવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅರ್ಥಿಂಗ್

ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಉಪಕರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಭೂಮಿಗೆ ಜೋಡಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മണ്ണിടൽ

ഇലക്ട്രിക്കൽ ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ ഭൂമിയിലേക്ക് ഉറപ്പിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਰਥਿੰਗ

ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਉਪਕਰਨ ਨੂੰ ਧਰਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਜੋੜਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ارتھنگ

بجلی کے سامان کو زمین پر باندھنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

接地

将电气设备接地

🇯🇵Japanese

接地

電気機器をアースに固定する

🇰🇷Korean

접지

전기 장비를 접지에 고정하기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nối đất

buộc chặt thiết bị điện với trái đất

🇹🇭Thai

การต่อสายดิน

การยึดอุปกรณ์ไฟฟ้าเข้ากับดิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pembumian

mengikat peralatan listrik ke bumi

🇲🇾Malay

pembumian

mengikat peralatan elektrik ke bumi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التأريض

تثبيت المعدات الكهربائية على الأرض

🇮🇷Persian

ارتینگ

بستن تجهیزات الکتریکی به زمین

🇹🇷Turkish

topraklama

elektrikli ekipmanın toprağa bağlanması

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַאֲרָקָה

הידוק ציוד חשמלי לאדמה

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