globus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob.
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Noun edit
globus
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Catalan edit
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Noun edit
globus m (invariable)
- globe
- globus terraqüi ― a world globe, see also bola del món
- balloon
- Synonym: baló
- speech bubble
- Synonym: bafarada
- globus cruciger (golden orb representing royal power)
- Synonyms: món, pom, globus imperial
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Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Globus, from Latin globus (“sphere, globe”).
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Noun edit
globus c (singular definite globussen, plural indefinite globusser)
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common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | globus | globussen | globusser | globusserne |
genitive | globus' | globussens | globussers | globussernes |
Synonyms edit
- globe c
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlo.bus/, [ˈɡɫ̪ɔbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlo.bus/, [ˈɡlɔːbus]
Noun edit
globus m (genitive globī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | globus | globī |
Genitive | globī | globōrum |
Dative | globō | globīs |
Accusative | globum | globōs |
Ablative | globō | globīs |
Vocative | globe | globī |
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Descendants edit
- Vulgar Latin:
- ⇒ *globīlia
- Italian: groviglio, grovìglioro (Tuscan)
- ⇒ *globuscellus
- ⇒ *globīlia
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “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 (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 158
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*globuscellum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 283
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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globus m (definite singular globusen, indefinite plural globuser, definite plural globusene)
- 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.
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
globus m (definite singular globusen, indefinite plural globusar, definite plural globusane)
- a globe (as above)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin globus. Doublet of gleba and glob.
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Noun edit
globus m inan
- globe (spherical model of Earth)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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glóbus m (Cyrillic spelling гло́бус)