noun
Meaning 1
A globe topped by a cross, used as a symbol of royal power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
globus cruciger
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡləʊ̯bəs ˈkɹuːsɪd͡ʒə/
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General-American: /ˌɡloʊ̯bəs ˈkrusɪd͡ʒɚ/
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rhymes with -uːsɪdʒə(ɹ)
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin globus cruciger (“globe bearing a cross”).
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: държава (dǎržava) — royal symbol of power
- Catalan: globus imperial — royal symbol of power
- Chinese Mandarin: 十字圣球 — royal symbol of power
- Czech: královské jablko — royal symbol of power
- Czech: říšské jablko — royal symbol of power
- Danish: rigsæble — royal symbol of power
- Dutch: rijksappel — royal symbol of power
- Esperanto: regnoglobo — royal symbol of power
- Faroese: ríkisepli — royal symbol of power
- Finnish: valtakunnanomena — royal symbol of power
- French: orbe — royal symbol of power
- French: orbe crucigère — royal symbol of power
- German: Reichsapfel — royal symbol of power
- Greek: σφαίρα και σταυρός (sfaíra kai stavrós) — royal symbol of power
- Hungarian: országalma — royal symbol of power
- Italian: globo crucigero — royal symbol of power
- Japanese: 宝珠 — royal symbol of power
- Latin: globus cruciger — royal symbol of power
- Macedonian: царско јаболко (carsko jabolko) — royal symbol of power
- Norwegian Bokmål: rikseple — royal symbol of power
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rikseple — royal symbol of power
- Polish: jabłko królewskie — royal symbol of power
- Portuguese: globo crucífero — royal symbol of power
- Romanian: glob crucifer — royal symbol of power
- Russian: держа́ва (deržáva) — royal symbol of power
- Serbo-Croatian: краљевска јабука — royal symbol of power
- Serbo-Croatian: шар — royal symbol of power
- Serbo-Croatian: кугла са крстом — royal symbol of power
- Serbo-Croatian: kraljevska jabuka — royal symbol of power
- Serbo-Croatian: šar — royal symbol of power
- Serbo-Croatian: kugla sa krstom — royal symbol of power
- Slovak: kráľovské jablko — royal symbol of power
- Slovene: vladarsko jabolko — royal symbol of power
- Spanish: orbe — royal symbol of power
- Swedish: riksäpple — royal symbol of power
- Thai: ลูกโลกประดับกางเขน — royal symbol of power