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globe
English
Etymology
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??b/
- (US) IPA(key): /?lo?b/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /?lo?b/
- Rhymes: -??b
Noun
globe (plural globes)
- Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
- The planet Earth.
- 1866, John Locke, A System of Theology
- But whatever opinion or theory may be formed by any one, all agree that at some period or other this world has been destroyed by water, and that the proofs of this assertion are found in every part of the globe
- 1866, John Locke, A System of Theology
- A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
- (dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
- 1920, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10 (page 26)
- Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.
- 1920, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10 (page 26)
- A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- (obsolete) A group.
Synonyms
- (The Earth): Earth, world, Terra, Sol III
Derived terms
- globe-trotter
- show globe
- snowglobe
- hemoglobin
Related terms
- global
- globular
Translations
Verb
globe (third-person singular simple present globes, present participle globing, simple past and past participle globed)
- (intransitive) To become spherical.
- (transitive) To make spherical.
Anagrams
- Belgo-, Bogle, Gobel, Goble, bogle
Danish
Etymology
From French globe, from Latin globus (“sphere, globe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lo?b?/, [???lo?b??]
Noun
globe c (singular definite globen, plural indefinite glober)
- globe
Inflection
Synonyms
- globus c
Derived terms
- globetrotter c
French
Etymology
From Middle French globe, borrowed from Latin globus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?b/
Noun
globe m (plural globes)
- globe
Derived terms
- englober
- globe terrestre
- globe-trotter
Related terms
- global
Further reading
- “globe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
globe
- vocative singular of globus
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin globus.
Noun
globe m (plural globes)
- roll (of paper, etc.)
- 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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (globe)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (globe, supplement)
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glope
English
Alternative forms
- glop
- glape (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English glopen, probably from Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), from Proto-Germanic *glupan? (“to shine, gape”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?lub(?)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”). See also gloppen.
Verb
glope (third-person singular simple present glopes, present participle gloping, simple past and past participle gloped)
- (intransitive, dialectal) To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.
Related terms
- gloppen
Noun
glope (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Astonishment; awe; fear.
Anagrams
- golpe, pegol, pelog
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