global

English

Etymology

From French global, from Old French globe, from Latin globus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊbəl/

• Audio (RP)

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• (US) enPR: glō'bəl, IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊbəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊbəl

Adjective

global (comparative more global, superlative most global)

1. Concerning all parts of the world.
   • 2003, Catherine Dupré, Importing the law in post-communist transitions, page 169:

     Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.

   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

     It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

   Pollution is a global problem.

2. (not comparable) Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:
   • 2013 December 30, Matthew Katze; Don Crawford, Office 365: Migrating and Managing Your Business in the Cloud‎^[1], →ISBN, page 366:

     The first account that is created when you sign up is the global Administrator.

   1. (not comparable, computing) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.

      Global variables keep support engineers employed.

   2. Which has to be considered in its entirety.
3. Spherical, ball-shaped.

   In the center was a small, global mass.

4. (not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

Synonyms

• (concerning all parts of the world): world-wide, planetary
• (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
• (of or relating to a globe or sphere):

Antonyms

• (concerning all parts of the world): domestic, national, local, regional
• (of a variable, in computing): local

Hyponyms

• quasi-global
• semiglobal
• sub-global
• superglobal
• transglobal

 

Derived terms

• globalisation
• globalism
• globalist
• globalization
• globally

 

Related terms

• global warming
• globe
• globular

 

Translations

spherical

• Bulgarian: сфери́чен (bg) (sferíčen)
• Catalan: globular
• Czech: kulovitý (cs)
• Danish: kuglerund, kugleformet (da), sfærisk
• Dutch: bolvormig (nl), bolrond (nl), sferisch (nl)
• Esperanto: sfera (eo), sferforma
• Finnish: pallomainen (fi), pyöreä (fi)
• French: globulaire (fr)

• Ido: globala (io)
• Khmer: មូល (km) (muul)
• Persian: کروی‎ (fa) (koravi)
• Polish: kulisty (pl), sferyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: globular, esférico (pt)
• Russian: сфери́ческий (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv), klotformad (sv), klotformig, globulär
• Turkish: küresel (tr)

of or relating to a globe or sphere

• Bulgarian: сфери́чен (bg) (sferíčen)
• Catalan: globular
• Dutch: sferisch (nl)
• Finnish: pallo- (fi)

• Polish: globalny (pl)
• Portuguese: esferal
• Russian: сфери́ческий (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv), globulär, klot-

concerning all parts of the world

• Arabic: عَالَمِيّ‎ (ʿālamiyy)
• Belarusian: сусве́тны (susvjétny), глаба́льны (hlabálʹny)
• Bulgarian: глоба́лен (globálen), световен (bg) (svetoven)
• Catalan: mundial (ca), global (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全球 (zh) (quánqiú), 萬國 (zh), 万国 (zh) (wànguó)

• Czech: globální (cs), světový (cs)
• Danish: global (da), verdensomspændende
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} globaal (nl), ^{(please verify)} wereldwijd (nl), ^{(please verify)} wereld- (nl), ^{(please verify)} mondiaal (nl)
• Esperanto: tutmonda
• Estonian: ülemaailmne, globaalne, globaalne
• Finnish: maailmanlaajuinen (fi), globaali (fi), maailman- (fi), globaali- (fi)
• French: global (fr), mondial (fr)
• Georgian: მსოფლიო (msoplio), გლობალური (globaluri), საყოველთაო (saq̇oveltao), საზოგადო (sazogado)
• German: global (de)
• Greek: παγκόσμιος (el) (pagkósmios)
• Hungarian: globális (hu)
• Ido: mondala (io)
• Irish: domhanda
• Japanese: グローバル (ja) (gurōbaru), 地球規模 (chikyū kibo), 世界的 (sekaiteki), 万国の (bankoku no)

• Kazakh: ғаламдық (ğalamdıq), жаһандық (jahandıq), бүкіл дүниежүзілік (bükil dünïejüzilik)
• Khmer: នៃសាកល (ney saakɑl)
• Korean: 세계적 (ko) (segyejeok)
• Latin: universalis m or f, universale n, mundanus m, totīus mundi m (gen.)
• Macedonian: глобален (globalen), светски (svetski)
• Persian: جهانی‎ (fa) (jahâni)
• Polish: globalny (pl), światowy (pl)
• Portuguese: global (pt), mundial (pt)
• Russian: всеми́рный (ru) (vsemírnyj), глоба́льный (ru) (globálʹnyj), мирово́й (ru) (mirovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светски, свјетски, глобалан

  Roman: svetski, svjetski (sh), globalan (sh)

• Slovak: svetový, globálny (sk)
• Slovene: svetoven, globalen
• Spanish: global (es), mundial (es)
• Swedish: global (sv), världsomspännande (sv), världsomfattande (sv)
• Turkish: global (tr), küresel (tr)
• Ukrainian: світови́й (svitovýj), глоба́льний (hlobálʹnyj)
• Welsh: byd-eang

of a variable, in computing

• Bulgarian: глобален (globalen)
• Catalan: global (ca)
• Finnish: globaali (fi)
• German: global (de)
• Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós)

• Persian: سراسری‎ (fa) (sarâsari)
• Portuguese: global (pt)
• Russian: глоба́льный (ru) (globálʹnyj)
• Swedish: global (sv), allmän (sv), -omfattande (e.g. systemomfattande, programomfattande)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} global (fr)

• Spanish: (3) ^{(please verify)} global (es)

Noun

global (plural globals)

1. (computing) A globally scoped identifier.

Antonyms

• local

Further reading

• global on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adverb

global (comparative more global, superlative most global)

1. In the global manner; world-wide.
   • 2016, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, page 122:

     Coca-Cola, for example, shifted its stance, unsuccessfully, between “think global, act global” and “think local, act local” during the tenures of three different CEOs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

References

• global at OneLook Dictionary Search
• global in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• global in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈbal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈbal/

Adjective

global (masculine and feminine plural globals)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

Derived terms

• globalitzar
• globalment

Further reading

• “global” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “global” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “global” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “global” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From globe ("globe"), from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɔ.bal/
• Homophones: globale, globales

Adjective

global (feminine singular globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine plural globales)

1. (originally) global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
2. as a whole, on the whole; total

Synonyms

• (spherical): globulaire, sphérique
• (worldwide): mondial

Antonyms

• (not worldwide): local, régional
• (not on the whole): particulier, spécifique

Derived terms

• globalement
• globaliser
• globalisme
• globaliste

Related terms

• globe
• globulare

Further reading

• “global” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Adjective

global m or f (plural globais)

1. global

Derived terms

• globalismo
• globalista
• globalizar
• globalmente

 

Related terms

• globo

Further reading

• “global” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

global (not comparable)

1. global (worldwide)

Declension

Declension of global

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist global	sie ist global	es ist global	sie sind global
strong declension (without article)	nominative	globaler	globale	globales	globale
	genitive	globalen	globaler	globalen	globaler
	dative	globalem	globaler	globalem	globalen
	accusative	globalen	globale	globales	globale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der globale	die globale	das globale	die globalen
	genitive	des globalen	der globalen	des globalen	der globalen
	dative	dem globalen	der globalen	dem globalen	den globalen
	accusative	den globalen	die globale	das globale	die globalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein globaler	eine globale	ein globales	(keine) globalen
	genitive	eines globalen	einer globalen	eines globalen	(keiner) globalen
	dative	einem globalen	einer globalen	einem globalen	(keinen) globalen
	accusative	einen globalen	eine globale	ein globales	(keine) globalen

Synonyms

• (worldwide): weltweit

Antonyms

• (worldwide): lokal, regional

Further reading

• “global” in Duden online

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch globaal, from French global, globe, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡlobal]
• Hyphenation: glo‧bal

Adjective

global

1. general, not precise, rough.
2. global, worldwide.

Derived terms

• mengglobal

 

Further reading

• “global” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun globus.

Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

1. global

Synonyms

• verdensomspennende

Derived terms

• global oppvarming

References

• “global” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun globus.

Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

1. global

Derived terms

• global oppvarming

References

• “global” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Adjective

global m (feminine singular globala, masculine plural globals, feminine plural globalas)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

globo (“globe”) +‎ -al

Adjective

global m or f (plural globais, comparable)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

   Synonym: mundial

2. (computing, of a variable) global (accessible by all parts of a program)

Derived terms

• globalizar

Etymology 2

Globo +‎ -al

Adjective

global m or f (plural globais, comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Rede Globo, a Brazilian TV network.

   ator global ― global actor (actor of Rede Globo)

Further reading

• Rede Globo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rede Globo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Further reading

• “global” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈbal/, [ɡloˈβal]

Adjective

global (plural globales)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

   Synonym: mundial

   Antonym: local

Derived terms

• aldea global#
• calentamiento global
• enfriamiento global
• globalizar
• sistema de posicionamiento global

 

Related terms

• globo

Further reading

• “global” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Etymology

glob +‎ -al

Adjective

global (not comparable)

1. global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal

Declension

Inflection of global
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	global	—	—
Neuter singular	globalt	—	—
Plural	globala	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	globale	—	—
All	globala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms

• globalisera