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cabal
English
Etymology
From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala , which in turn is derived from Hebrew ????????? (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??b??l/, /k??bæl/
Noun
cabal (plural cabals)
- (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- Synonym: camarilla
- A secret plot.
- Synonym: conspiracy
- An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
- 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia
- Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal. Some work together. Some never do explain.
- 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia
Derived terms
- cabalistic
- cabbalistic
- TINC (“there is no cabal”)
Translations
Verb
cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle caballing, simple past and past participle caballed)
- To engage in the activities of a cabal.
References
See also
- cabal glass
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin cap?lis, from Latin capit?lis. Equivalent to cap +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /k??bal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka?bal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
cabal (masculine and feminine plural cabals)
- complete, total
- upright, well-rounded
Noun
cabal m (plural cabals)
- goods, possessions
- (of a fluid) flow, discharge
- (telecommunications) throughput
Derived terms
- cabaler
Further reading
- “cabal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin capalis or from cabo +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k???al]
Adjective
cabal m or f (plural cabais)
- whole, complete
- 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:
- E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.
- And the mayor would also be glad, because he's also piqued, because there's not a whole year and a half that his wife died and he also paid the burden as every mother's son
- E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.
- Synonym: completo
- 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:
- exact
- Synonym: exacto
Related terms
- cabo
References
- “cabal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cabal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Adjective
cabal m or f (plural cabais, comparable)
- complete
- rigorous
- exact
- satisfactory
Spanish
Etymology
cabo +? -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
cabal (plural cabales)
- upright, honest
- exact
- complete, entire, full
Derived terms
- en sus cabales
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sphere
English
Alternative forms
- sphære (archaic)
- sphear (archaic)
- spheare (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Late Latin sph?ra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), of unknown origin. Not related to superficially similar Persian ????? (sepehr, “sky”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sf??/
- (US) enPR: sfîr, IPA(key): /sf??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Noun
sphere (plural spheres)
- (mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter [from 14th c.].
- A spherical physical object; a globe or ball. [from 14th c.]
- 2011, Piers Sellers, The Guardian, 6 July:
- So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere, and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it.
- 2011, Piers Sellers, The Guardian, 6 July:
- (astronomy, now rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. [from 14th c.]
- 1635, John Donne, "His parting form her":
- Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere.
- 1635, John Donne, "His parting form her":
- (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres). [from 14th c.]
- , vol.1, p.153:
- It is more simplicitie to teach our children […] [t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare, before their owne.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
- They understood not the motion of the eighth sphear from West to East, and so conceived the longitude of the Stars invariable.
- , vol.1, p.153:
- (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc. [from 14th c.]
- (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
- They thought – originally on grounds derived from religion – that each thing or person had its or his proper sphere, to overstep which is ‘unjust’.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
- (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point [from 20th c.].
- (logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
Synonyms
- (object): ball, globe, orb
- (region of activity): area, domain, field, orbit, sector
- (in geometry): 3-sphere (geometry), 2-sphere (topology)
- (astronomy: apparent surface of the heavens): See celestial sphere
- (astronomy: anything visible on the apparent surface of the heavens): See celestial body
Derived terms
- blogosphere
- ensphere
- sphere of influence
- sphere of interest
Related terms
- atmosphere
- hemisphere
- ionosphere
- planisphere
- spherical
- spheroid
- stratosphere
- troposphere
Translations
Verb
sphere (third-person singular simple present spheres, present participle sphering, simple past and past participle sphered)
- (transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
- (transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.
See also
- ball (in topology)
- Mathworld article on the sphere
- PlanetMath article on the sphere
Anagrams
- Hesper, herpes, pesher, pheers
Middle French
Alternative forms
- sphaere
- spere
Noun
sphere f (plural spheres)
- sphere (shape)
Descendants
- French: sphère
Old French
Alternative forms
- espere
- esphere
- spere
Noun
sphere f (oblique plural spheres, nominative singular sphere, nominative plural spheres)
- sphere (shape)
Descendants
- English: sphere
- French: sphère
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sphere, supplement)
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