globe

English Online Dictionary. What means globe‎? What does globe mean?

English

Etymology

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡləʊb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡloʊb/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɡloːb/
• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

globe (plural globes)

1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

2. The planet Earth.
3. A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
4. (dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
5. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
6. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
7. (obsolete) A group.
8. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

Synonyms

• (Earth): Earth, world, Terra, Sol III

Derived terms

Related terms

• global
• globular

Translations

Verb

globe (third-person singular simple present globes, present participle globing, simple past and past participle globed)

1. (intransitive) To become spherical.
2. (transitive) To make spherical.

Anagrams

• Belgo-, Bogle, Gobel, Goble, bogle

Danish

Etymology

From French globe, from Latin globus (“sphere, globe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloːbə/, [ˈɡ̊loːb̥ə]

Noun

globe c (singular definite globen, plural indefinite glober)

1. globe

Inflection

Synonyms

• globus c

Derived terms

• globetrotter c

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French globe, borrowed from Latin globus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɔb/

Noun

globe m (plural globes)

1. globe

Derived terms

• englober
• globe terrestre
• globe-trotter
• globe oculaire

Related terms

• global

Further reading

• “globe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlobə/ [ˈɡlo.bə]
• Rhymes: -obə
• Syllabification: glo‧be

Noun

globe (plural globe-globe)

1. globe
   1. the planet Earth
   2. a spherical model of Earth or other planet

Related terms

Further reading

• “globe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Noun

globe

1. vocative singular of globus

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globus.

Noun

globe m (plural globes)

1. roll (of paper, etc.)
2. globe (sphere showing a representation of the Earth)

Descendants

• → English: globe
• French: globe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (globe)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (globe, supplement)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

globe (Cyrillic spelling глобе)

1. inflection of globa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

globe (Cyrillic spelling глобе)

1. third-person plural present of globiti