different between globular vs globe

English

Etymology

From French globulaire.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??l?b.j?.l?/

Adjective

globular (comparative more globular, superlative most globular)

1. Roughly spherical in shape.
2. Comprising globules.

Related terms

• globe
• globose
• globous
• globule

Translations

Noun

globular (plural globulars)

1. (astronomy) A globular cluster

Portuguese

Adjective

globular m or f (plural globulares, comparable)

1. spherical; globular

   Synonym: esférico

Romanian

Etymology

From French globulaire

Adjective

globular m or n (feminine singular globular?, masculine plural globulari, feminine and neuter plural globulare)

1. globular

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

globular (plural globulares)

1. globular

Related terms

• glóbulo

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)

1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

2. 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
3. A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
4. (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.

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.

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)

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): /?lo?b?/, [???lo?b??]

Noun

globe c (singular definite globen, plural indefinite glober)

1. 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)

1. 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

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)