biosfera

See also: biosféra, biósfera, biosferă, and biosferą

Galician

Noun

biosfera f (plural biosferas)

1. biosphere

Italian

Etymology

From bio- +‎ sfera.

Noun

biosfera f (plural biosfere)

1. biosphere

Lithuanian

Noun

biosferà f (plural biosfèros) stress pattern 2

1. biosphere

Declension

Declension of biosferà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	biosferà	biosfèros
genitive (kilmininkas)	biosfèros	biosfèrų
dative (naudininkas)	biosfèrai	biosfèroms
accusative (galininkas)	biosfèrą	biosferàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	biosferà	biosfèromis
locative (vietininkas)	biosfèroje	biosfèrose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	biosfèra	biosfèros

Malay

Alternative forms

• biosfer (Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English biosphere.

Noun

biosfera (Jawi spelling بيوسفيرا, plural biosfera-biosfera)

1. biosphere

Further reading

• “biosfera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

From bio- +‎ sfera. First attested in 1859 in the sense of 'atom of spherical shape'; subsequently attested in 1931 in the sense of 'biosphere'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔˈsfɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: bio‧sfe‧ra

Noun

biosfera f

1. (biology) biosphere (part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life)

   cała biosfera ― the whole biosphere

   ziemska biosfera/biosfera Ziemi ― Earth's biosphere

   część biosfery ― part of the biosphere

   rezerwat biosfery ― biosphere reserve

   degradacja biosfery ― degradation of the biosphere

   funkcjonowanie biosfery ― functioning of the biosphere

   powstanie biosfery ― creation/inception of the biosphere

   skażenie biosfery ― biosphere contanimation

   wpływ na biosferę ― impacts on the biosphere

   przenikać do biosfery ― to pervade/interpenetrate the biosphere

   wprowadzić do biosfery ― to introduce/bring into the biosphere

Declension

Declension of biosfera

	singular
nominative	biosfera
genitive	biosfery
dative	biosferze
accusative	biosferę
instrumental	biosferą
locative	biosferze
vocative	biosfero

Further reading

• biosfera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• biosfera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From bio- +‎ esfera

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.osˈfɛ.ɾɐ/ [bɪ.osˈfɛ.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /bjosˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.osˈfɛ.ɾɐ/ [bɪ.osˈfɛ.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /bjosˈfɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bi.oʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/ [bɪ.oʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /bjoʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.osˈfɛ.ɾa/ [bɪ.osˈfɛ.ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /bjosˈfɛ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /bjɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: bi‧os‧fe‧ra

Noun

biosfera f (plural biosferas)

1. biosphere (part of Earth capable of supporting life)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• biósfera

Etymology

From bio- +‎ esfera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biosˈfeɾa/ [bi.osˈfe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: bi‧os‧fe‧ra

Noun

biosfera f (plural biosferas)

1. biosphere

Derived terms

• reserva de la biosfera

Further reading

• “biosfera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10