globus

Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊbəs/

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globus

1. (medicine) The sensation of having a lump in the throat. [from 18th c.]

• globus hystericus
• globus pharyngis

• globus pallidus

• Golubs

Borrowed from Latin globus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡlɔ.βus]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡlɔ.bus]

globus m (invariable)

1. globe

   globus terraqüi ― a world globe, see also bola del món

2. balloon

   Synonym: baló

3. speech bubble

   Synonym: bafarada

4. globus cruciger (golden orb representing royal power)

   Synonyms: món, pom, globus imperial

• global
• englobar
• globós

• glòbul
• globular

• “globus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “globus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

 

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

globus

Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from German Globus, from Latin globus (“sphere, globe”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡloːbus/, [ˈɡ̊loːb̥us]

globus c (singular definite globussen, plural indefinite globusser)

1. globe

• globe c

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba (see there for more),^[1] glomus, Sanskrit ग्लुन्थ (gluntha, “lump”), and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.bus/, [ˈɡɫ̪ɔbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.bus/, [ˈɡlɔːbus]

globus m (genitive globī); second declension

1. any round object; a sphere; a globe
2. a glob, group

Second-declension noun.

• globōsus
• globulus

• “globus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “globus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• globus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• globus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “globus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 158
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*globuscellum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 283

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

globus

Wikipedia ^no

Borrowed from Latin globus.

globus m (definite singular globusen, indefinite plural globuser, definite plural globusene)

1. a globe (three-dimensional map of the world)

   "Klarer du å finne Kapp det gode håp på globusen"? spurte hun = "Can you find the Cape of Good Hope on the globe?" she asked.

• global

Borrowed from Latin globus.

globus m (definite singular globusen, indefinite plural globusar, definite plural globusane)

1. a globe (as above)

• global

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

globus

Wikipedia ^pl

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.bus/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbus
• Syllabification: glo‧bus

Learned borrowing from Latin globus. Doublet of glob.

globus m inan (diminutive globusik)

1. (countable) globe (spherical model of Earth or other planet)

   Hypernym: model

2. (countable, colloquial, humorous) head, noggin (part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs)

   Synonyms: arbuz, bania, baniak, baśka, dynia, dyńka, głowa, głowina, główka, łeb, łepetyna, pała, (literary) skroń, makówka

Learned borrowing from Latin globus (hystericus).

globus m inan

1. (uncountable, pathology) globus, globus hystericus (sensation of having a lump in the throat)

   Synonym: globus hystericus

• globus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• globus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• globus in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Latin globus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǒːbus/
• Hyphenation: glo‧bus

glóbus m (Cyrillic spelling гло́бус)

1. globe