sfera

See also: sféra, sfēra, sfērā, sferă, sferą, and -sfera

A two-dimensional perspective projection of a sphere

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfe.ra/

Noun

sfera f

1. sphere

Further reading

• “sfera” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsfera]
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: sfer‧a

Adjective

sfera (accusative singular sferan, plural sferaj, accusative plural sferajn)

1. spherical

Derived terms

• sfere
• sfero

 

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: sfè‧ra

Noun

sfera f (plural sfere)

1. sphere, ball, globe
2. scope, range

Derived terms

• emisfero
• penna a sfera

 

Related terms

• sfericità
• sferico

 

Further reading

• sfera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• farse, frase, fresa, sfare

Lithuanian

Noun

sfèra f (plural sfèros) stress pattern 2

1. sphere (solid)

Declension

Declension of sferà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sferà	sfèros
genitive (kilmininkas)	sfèros	sfèrų
dative (naudininkas)	sfèrai	sfèroms
accusative (galininkas)	sfèrą	sferàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sferà	sfèromis
locative (vietininkas)	sfèroje	sfèrose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sfèra	sfèros

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sfera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfɛː.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Noun

sfera f (plural sferi)

1. sphere, globe

Related terms

• atmosfera
• sferiċità
• sferikali
• sferiku
• sferisterju
• sferografu
• sferojdali
• sferojdi
• sferometru

 

Mirandese

Etymology

From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

Noun

sfera f (plural sferas)

1. sphere

Related terms

• sférico

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfera/

Noun

sfera f (plural sfere)

1. sphere

Polish

sfera

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English sphere, French sphère, German Sphäre, ultimately from Latin sphaera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: sfe‧ra

Noun

sfera f (related adjective sferowy)

1. (geometry) sphere (three-dimensional shape consisting of all points equidistant from a center)

   Coordinate term: kula

2. (literary) sphere (region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain)
3. (sociology) sphere (group of people distinguished on the basis of origin, education, social or material status, interests, etc.)
4. (cosmology, literary) sphere (apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere)

   Synonym: sfera niebieska

5. (geography) sphere (area characterized by certain climatic or natural features)

Declension

Declension of sfera

	singular	plural
nominative	sfera	sfery
genitive	sfery	sfer
dative	sferze	sferom
accusative	sferę	sfery
instrumental	sferą	sferami
locative	sferze	sferach
vocative	sfero	sfery

Derived terms

adjectives

• sferyczny

 

Related terms

adverbs

• sferycznie

 

nouns

• sferyczność

 

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

Noun

sféra f (Cyrillic spelling сфе́ра)

1. sphere, ball, globe
2. area, region

Derived terms

• sfèričan
• sfèričnōst