adj
Meaning 1
Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
globular
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/
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General-American: /ˈɡlɑbjəlɚ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Comprising globules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A globular cluster
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having the shape of a sphere or ball- Zane Grey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a spherical object
- nearly orbicular in shape
- little globular houses like mud-wasp nests
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, orbicular, spheric, spherical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: գնդաձեւ (gndajew) — roughly spherical
- Bengali: বর্তুলাকার (bortulakar) — roughly spherical
- Bulgarian: сферичен (sferičen) — roughly spherical
- Bulgarian: кълбовиден (kǎlboviden) — roughly spherical
- Catalan: globular — roughly spherical
- French: globulaire — roughly spherical
- Hindi: गोलाकार (golākār) — roughly spherical
- Northern Kurdish: gogî — roughly spherical
- Latin: globōsus — roughly spherical
- Māori: kōpio — roughly spherical
- Polish: kulisty — roughly spherical
- Portuguese: globular — roughly spherical
- Portuguese: globuloso — roughly spherical
- Swedish: klotformig — roughly spherical
- Ottoman Turkish: یومرو (yumru) — roughly spherical
- Ottoman Turkish: طوپاق (topak) — roughly spherical