earthshine
earth·shine/ˈɜɹθʃaɪn/noun
earthshine is spelled E-A-R-T-H-S-H-I-N-E: 10 letters and 2 syllables (earth·shine). It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, earthshine means “Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side)…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in earthshine?
| Letters | 10: E-A-R-T-H-S-H-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: earth·shine |
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is earthshine?
Earthshine appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce earthshine?
- UK /ˈɜːθʃaɪn/
- US /ˈɜɹθʃaɪn/
Earthshine has 2 syllables, split earth·shine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-earthshine.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-earthshine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of earthshine
- earth-shine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does earthshine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of earthshine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Earthshine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | clair de Terre, lumière cendrée |
| German | Erdschein |
| Spanish | luz cenicienta, luz terrestre |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does earthshine come from?
From earth + shine (noun), modelled after moonshine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).