globular

English

Etymology

FromFrenchglobulaireorMedieval Latinglobulāris.

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈɡlɑb.jə.lɚ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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Adjective

globular(comparativemoreglobular,superlativemostglobular)

1. Roughlysphericalin shape;globe-shaped.
   • 1906April,O. Henry[pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Cosmopolite in a Café”, inThe Four Million,New York, N.Y.:McClure, Phillips & Co,→OCLC,page33:

     "Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial,globular,planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode.[…]"

   • 1938,Norman Lindsay, chapter XV, inAge of Consent,London:T[homas]Werner Laurie[…],→OCLC,page152:

     Podson'sglobularstare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.

   • 1973,Thomas Pynchon,chapter 1, inGravity's Rainbow,1st US edition, New York:Viking Press,→ISBN,part 1:Beyond the Zero,page 4:

     Globularlights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries...

2. Comprisingglobules.

Derived terms

• globular lightning
• globularly
• globularness

Related terms

• globe
• globose
• globous
• globule

Translations

roughly spherical

• Armenian:գնդաձեւ(hy)(gndajew)
• Bengali:বর্তুলাকার(bn)(bortulakar)
• Bulgarian:сферичен(bg)(sferičen),кълбовиден(bg)(kǎlboviden)
• Catalan:globular
• French:globulaire(fr)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:gogî(ku)

• Latin:globōsus
• Maori:kōpio
• Ottoman Turkish:یومرو(yumru),طوپاق(topak)
• Portuguese:globular,globuloso
• Swedish:klotformig(sv)

Noun

globular(pluralglobulars)

1. (astronomy)Aglobular cluster

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ɡlo.buˈlaʁ/[ɡlo.buˈlah]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ɡlo.buˈlaʁ/[ɡlo.buˈlah]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/ɡlo.buˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ɡlo.buˈlaʁ/[ɡlo.buˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ɡlo.buˈlaɻ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ɡlu.buˈlaɾ/[ɡlu.βuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ɡlu.buˈlaɾ/[ɡlu.βuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ɡlu.buˈla.ɾi/[ɡlu.βuˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

globularmorf(pluralglobulares)

1. spherical;globular

   Synonym:esférico

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchglobulaire.

Adjective

globularmorn(feminine singularglobulară,masculine pluralglobulari,feminine and neuter pluralglobulare)

1. globular

Declension

Declension ofglobular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	globular		globulară	globulari	globulare
	definite	globularul		globulara	globularii	globularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	globular		globulare	globulari	globulare
	definite	globularului		globularei	globularilor	globularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɡlobuˈlaɾ/[ɡlo.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:glo‧bu‧lar

Adjective

globularmorf(masculine and feminine pluralglobulares)

1. globular

Related terms

• glóbulo

Further reading

• “globular”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014