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globe

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɡləʊb/
  • US: /ɡloʊb/
  • Scotland: /ɡloːb/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊb
  • CMU ARPABET: G L OW1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of Globe (“the earth”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

Examples

  • They aspired to circumaviate the globe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They aspired to circumnavigate the Globe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The Globe Theatre, the famous theatre for which Shakespeare wrote and performed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They aspired to replicate the Globe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

The eyeball.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: globus, eyeglobe, bulbus oculi, bulbus

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

A part of a device, often a lamp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the globe of a lamp

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A light bulb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, South-Africa, dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, slang

Qualifier: quite uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To become spherical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To make spherical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: model, simulation, sphere

Narrower terms: celestial globe

17

noun

Meaning 17

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Earth moves around the sun
  • he sailed around the world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Earth, world

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: terrestrial planet

18

noun

Meaning 18

an object with a spherical shape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a ball of fire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ball, orb

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sphere

Narrower terms: crystal ball, mothball, camphor ball, time-ball, fireball, globule, spherule, pellet, bolus

History

Etymology

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

Across languages

Translations

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yer kürəsi — planet Earth
  • Belarusian: зямны́ шар (zjamný šar) — planet Earth
  • Belarusian: зямля́ (zjamljá) — planet Earth
  • Bulgarian: зе́мно кълбо́ (zémno kǎlbó) — planet Earth
  • Burmese: ကမ္ဘာ (kambha) — planet Earth
  • Burmese: ကမ္ဘာမြေကြီး (kambha-mre-kri:) — planet Earth
  • Burmese: ကမ္ဘာလုံး (kambhalum:) — planet Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地球 (dìqiú) — planet Earth
  • Czech: zeměkoule — planet Earth
  • Danish: klode — planet Earth
  • Danish: jordklode — planet Earth
  • Dutch: wereldbol — planet Earth
  • Finnish: maapallo — planet Earth
  • French: Terre — planet Earth
  • French: terre — planet Earth
  • German: Erde — planet Earth
  • German: Erdball — planet Earth
  • German: Erdkugel — planet Earth
  • Greek: υδρόγειος (ydrógeios) — planet Earth
  • Hebrew: כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ (kaddúr ha-áretz) — planet Earth
  • Italian: globo — planet Earth
  • Japanese: 地球 (Chikyū) — planet Earth
  • Japanese: グローブ (gurōbu) — planet Earth
  • Korean: 지구 (Jigu) — planet Earth
  • Macedonian: земјина топка (zemjina topka) — planet Earth
  • Neapolitan: gruóbo — planet Earth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jordklode — planet Earth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klode — planet Earth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jordklode — planet Earth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klode — planet Earth
  • Persian: کُرَه (kura) — planet Earth
  • Iranian Persian: کُرِه (kore) — planet Earth
  • Polish: kula ziemska — planet Earth
  • Polish: glob — planet Earth
  • Polish: glob ziemski — planet Earth
  • Portuguese: globo — planet Earth
  • Romanian: glob — planet Earth
  • Romanian: Pământ — planet Earth
  • Russian: земно́й шар (zemnój šar) — planet Earth
  • Russian: Земля́ (Zemljá) — planet Earth
  • Russian: земля́ (zemljá) — planet Earth
  • Sanskrit: भूगोल (bhūgola) — planet Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: кугла земаљска — planet Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: kugla zemaljska — planet Earth
  • Sinhalese: භූගෝලය (bhūgōlaya) — planet Earth
  • Slovak: zemeguľa — planet Earth
  • Slovene: zemeljska krogla — planet Earth
  • Spanish: globo — planet Earth
  • Spanish: globo terráqueo — planet Earth
  • Spanish: globo terrestre — planet Earth
  • Swedish: jorden — planet Earth
  • Swedish: glob — planet Earth
  • Telugu: భూగోళము (bhūgōḷamu) — planet Earth
  • Turkish: yerküre — planet Earth
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارض (arz) — planet Earth
  • Ukrainian: земна́ ку́ля (zemná kúlja) — planet Earth
  • Ukrainian: земля́ (zemljá) — planet Earth
  • Uzbek: globus — planet Earth
  • Zazaki: erdkure — planet Earth
  • Aramaic: ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā) — spherical object
  • Azerbaijani: kürə — spherical object
  • Azerbaijani: کره (kure) — spherical object
  • Belarusian: шар (šar) — spherical object
  • Belarusian: сфе́ра (sfjéra) — spherical object
  • Belarusian: сфэ́ра (sféra) — spherical object
  • Bulgarian: кълбо́ (kǎlbó) — spherical object
  • Bulgarian: сфе́ра (sféra) — spherical object
  • Esperanto: globo — spherical object
  • Finnish: pallo — spherical object
  • Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — spherical object
  • Ancient Greek: σφαῖρα (sphaîra) — spherical object
  • Latin: globus — spherical object
  • Macedonian: топка (topka) — spherical object
  • Macedonian: сфера (sfera) — spherical object
  • Persian: گوی (guy) — spherical object
  • Iranian Persian: کُرِه (kore) — spherical object
  • Plautdietsch: Baul — spherical object
  • Polish: glob — spherical object
  • Portuguese: globo — spherical object
  • Portuguese: esfera — spherical object
  • Russian: сфе́ра (sféra) — spherical object
  • Russian: шар (šar) — spherical object
  • Serbo-Croatian: кугла — spherical object
  • Serbo-Croatian: kugla — spherical object
  • Spanish: globo — spherical object
  • Swedish: glob — spherical object
  • Tagalog: hilihid — spherical object
  • Tajik: кура (kura) — spherical object
  • Ukrainian: ку́ля (kúlja) — spherical object
  • Ukrainian: сфе́ра (sféra) — spherical object
  • Zazaki: kure (diq) — spherical object
  • Albanian: glob — model of Earth
  • Arabic: كُرَة أَرْضِيَّة (kura ʔarḍiyya) — model of Earth
  • Armenian: գլոբուս (globus) — model of Earth
  • Azerbaijani: qlobus — model of Earth
  • Azerbaijani: کره مجسمه (kure mujassame) — model of Earth
  • Belarusian: гло́бус (hlóbus) — model of Earth
  • Belarusian: глёбус (hljóbus) — model of Earth
  • Bulgarian: гло́бус (glóbus) — model of Earth
  • Catalan: globus — model of Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地球儀 /地球仪 (dìqiúyí) — model of Earth
  • Cornish: pel an norvys — model of Earth
  • Czech: glóbus — model of Earth
  • Danish: globus — model of Earth
  • Dutch: wereldbol — model of Earth
  • Dutch: globe — model of Earth
  • Esperanto: terglobuso — model of Earth
  • Estonian: gloobus — model of Earth
  • Finnish: karttapallo — model of Earth
  • French: globe — model of Earth
  • Georgian: გლობუსი (globusi) — model of Earth
  • German: Globus — model of Earth
  • Greek: υδρόγειος σφαίρα (ydrógeios sfaíra) — model of Earth
  • Hawaiian: hulipoepoe — model of Earth
  • Hebrew: גְּלוֹבּוּס (glóbus) — model of Earth
  • Hindi: ग्लोब (glob) — model of Earth
  • Hungarian: földgömb — model of Earth
  • Hungarian: glóbusz — model of Earth
  • Icelandic: hnattlíkan — model of Earth
  • Indonesian: globe — model of Earth
  • Indonesian: bola dunia — model of Earth
  • Irish: cruinneog — model of Earth
  • Italian: globo — model of Earth
  • Japanese: グローブ (gurōbu) — model of Earth
  • Japanese: 地球儀 (chikyūgi) — model of Earth
  • Kazakh: глобус (globus) — model of Earth
  • Korean: 지구의 (jiguui) — model of Earth
  • Korean: 지구본 (jigubon) — model of Earth
  • Kyrgyz: глобус (globus) — model of Earth
  • Lao: ລູກໂລກ (lūk lōk) — model of Earth
  • Latvian: globuss — model of Earth
  • Lithuanian: gaublys — model of Earth
  • Macedonian: глобус (globus) — model of Earth
  • Malay: glob — model of Earth
  • Māori: porotaka — model of Earth
  • Neapolitan: gruóbo — model of Earth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: globus — model of Earth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: globus — model of Earth
  • Pashto: غونډاری (ǧunḍarai) — model of Earth
  • Iranian Persian: گِلُب (gelob) — model of Earth
  • Iranian Persian: کُرِهٔ اَرْض (kore-ye arz) — model of Earth
  • Iranian Persian: کُرِهٔ جُغْرافِیَایی (kore-ye joġrâfiyâyi) — model of Earth
  • Iranian Persian: کُرِهٔ زَمین (kore-ye zamin) — model of Earth
  • Polish: globus — model of Earth
  • Portuguese: globo — model of Earth
  • Romanian: glob — model of Earth
  • Russian: гло́бус (glóbus) — model of Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: гло́бус — model of Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: glóbus — model of Earth
  • Slovak: glóbus — model of Earth
  • Slovene: globus — model of Earth
  • Spanish: globo terráqueo — model of Earth
  • Spanish: globo terrestre — model of Earth
  • Swahili: globu — model of Earth
  • Swedish: jordglob — model of Earth
  • Swedish: glob — model of Earth
  • Tagalog: globo — model of Earth
  • Tajik: глобус (globus) — model of Earth
  • Tatar: глобус (globus) — model of Earth
  • Telugu: గోళము (gōḷamu) — model of Earth
  • Thai: ลูกโลก (lûuk-lôok) — model of Earth
  • Turkish: küre — model of Earth
  • Ukrainian: гло́бус (hlóbus) — model of Earth
  • Urdu: کُرَّۂ اَرْض (kurra-yi arz) — model of Earth
  • Urdu: گْلوب (glob) — model of Earth
  • Uyghur: گلوبۇس (globus) — model of Earth
  • Uzbek: globus — model of Earth
  • Vietnamese: quả địa cầu — model of Earth
  • Yiddish: גלאָבוס (globus) — model of Earth
  • Zazaki: kure (diq) — model of Earth
  • Zazaki: globes — model of Earth
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