globular

English

Etymology

From French globulaire.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑb.jə.lɚ/

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Adjective

globular (comparative more globular, superlative most globular)

1. Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.
   • 1906, O. Henry, A Cosmopolite in a Café:

     "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, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 148:

     Podson's globular stare 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, Gravity's Rainbow:

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

2. Comprising globules.

Derived terms

• globularly
• globularness

Related terms

• globe
• globose
• globous
• globule

Translations

roughly spherical

• Armenian: գնդաձեւ (hy) (gndajew)
• Bengali: বর্তুলাকার (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)
• Portuguese: globular, globuloso

Noun

globular (plural globulars)

1. (astronomy) A globular 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]

Adjective

globular m or f (plural globulares)

1. spherical; globular

   Synonym: esférico

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French globulaire.

Adjective

globular m or n (feminine singular globulară, masculine plural globulari, feminine and neuter plural globulare)

1. globular

Declension

Declension of globular

		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

globular (plural globulares)

1. globular

Related terms

• glóbulo

 

Further reading

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