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• Received-Pronunciation: /sfɪə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /sfɪː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈsfɪj.ə/
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• US: sfîr
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• US: /sfɪɚ/
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• Scotland: /sfiɾ/
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• /sfɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere From Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Late Latin sphēra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), of unknown origin. Not related to superficially similar Persian سپهر (sepehr, “sky”) . Displaced Old English cliewen, þoþor, and æppel.

272 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sferë — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Arabic: كُرَة (kura) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܣܦܹܝܪܵܐ (ispērā) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Aramaic: ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Armenian: գունդ (gund) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Asturian: esfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Azerbaijani: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Azerbaijani: top — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Azerbaijani: şar — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Azerbaijani: kürə — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Bashkir: сфера (sfera) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Belarusian: сфе́ра (sfjéra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Belarusian: сфэ́ра (sféra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Bengali: গোলক (gōlok) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Bulgarian: сфе́ра (sféra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Burmese: အလုံး (a.lum:) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Catalan: esfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Chinese Mandarin: 球面 (qiúmiàn) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Czech: kulová plocha — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Czech: sféra — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Danish: sfære — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Danish: kugle — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Dutch: bol — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Dutch: sfeer — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Dutch: kogel — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Esperanto: sfero — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Esperanto: globo — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Estonian: kera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Finnish: pallo — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Finnish: pallopinta — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• French: sphère — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Galician: esfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Georgian: სფერო (spero) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• German: Kugel — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Ancient Greek: σφαῖρα (sphaîra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Hawaiian: poepoe — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Hebrew: כַּדּוּר (kadúr) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Hebrew: סְפֶרָה (sféra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Hindi: गोला (golā) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Hungarian: gömb — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Icelandic: kúla — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Indonesian: bola — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Ingrian: šaara — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Interlingua: sphera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Irish: sféar — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Italian: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Japanese: 球 (kyū) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Japanese: 球体 (kyūtai) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kannada: ಗೋಳ (gōḷa) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kazakh: сфера (sfera) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kazakh: шар (şar) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kazakh: доп (dop) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Khmer: គោល (kool) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Korean: 구체 (guche) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Korean: 공 (gong) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Korean: 구 (gu) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Central Kurdish: گۆ (go) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kyrgyz: сфера (sfera) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kyrgyz: шар (şar) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Kyrgyz: бөмбөк (bömbök) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Lao: ຄະດີ (kha dī) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Lao: ດວງ (dūang) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Latin: sphaera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Latin: globus — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Latvian: sfēra — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Lithuanian: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Macedonian: сфера (sfera) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Malay: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Māori: poi — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Māori: kōpio — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Middle English: spere — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Mongolian: бөмбөрцөг (bömbörcög) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Norwegian Bokmål: sfære — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Norwegian Bokmål: kule — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sfære — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kule — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Old English: trendel — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Pashto: پنډوس (pənddus) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Pashto: غونډاری (ghunddarai) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Dari: کُرَه (kura) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Iranian Persian: کُرِه (kore) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Iranian Persian: سِپِهْر (sepehr) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Plautdietsch: Kjreiss — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Polish: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Portuguese: esfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Romanian: sferă — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Russian: шар (šar) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Russian: сфе́ра (sféra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Serbo-Croatian: сфе́ра — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Serbo-Croatian: sféra — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Sinhalese: ගෝලය (gōlaya) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Slovak: sféra — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Slovene: krogla — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Slovene: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Spanish: esfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Swedish: sfär — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Swedish: kula — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Tagalog: timbulog — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Tagalog: spero — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Tajik: кура (kura) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Telugu: గోళము (gōḷamu) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Thai: ทรงกลม (song-glom) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Turkish: küre — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Turkish: top — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Turkmen: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Turkmen: şar — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Ukrainian: сфе́ра (sféra) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Urdu: گولا (golā) — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Uzbek: sfera — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Uzbek: shar — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Uzbek: tup — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Vietnamese: mặt cầu — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Vietnamese: quả cầu — mathematics: regular three-dimensional object
• Albanian: sferë — spherical physical object
• Arabic: فَلْكَة (falka) — spherical physical object
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܣܦܹܝܪܵܐ (ispērā) — spherical physical object
• Aramaic: ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā) — spherical physical object
• Armenian: գունդ (gund) — spherical physical object
• Asturian: esfera — spherical physical object
• Bashkir: сфера (sfera) — spherical physical object
• Basque: esfera — spherical physical object
• Belarusian: сфе́ра (sfjéra) — spherical physical object
• Belarusian: сфэ́ра (sféra) — spherical physical object
• Bengali: গোলক (gōlok) — spherical physical object
• Bulgarian: сфе́ра (sféra) — spherical physical object
• Catalan: esfera — spherical physical object
• Chinese Mandarin: 球體 /球体 (qiútǐ) — spherical physical object
• Czech: koule — spherical physical object
• Danish: kugle — spherical physical object
• Dutch: bol — spherical physical object
• Esperanto: sfero — spherical physical object
• Estonian: kera — spherical physical object
• Estonian: sfäär — spherical physical object
• Finnish: pallo — spherical physical object
• French: sphère — spherical physical object
• French: boule — spherical physical object
• Galician: esfera — spherical physical object
• Georgian: სფერო (spero) — spherical physical object
• Georgian: ბურთი (burti) — spherical physical object
• German: Kugel — spherical physical object
• Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — spherical physical object
• Ancient Greek: σφαῖρα (sphaîra) — spherical physical object
• Hebrew: כַּדּוּר (kadúr) — spherical physical object
• Hebrew: סְפֶרָה (sféra) — spherical physical object
• Hindi: गोला (golā) — spherical physical object
• Hungarian: gömb — spherical physical object
• Icelandic: hnöttur — spherical physical object
• Indonesian: bola — spherical physical object
• Ingrian: šaara — spherical physical object
• Irish: sféar — spherical physical object
• Italian: sfera — spherical physical object
• Japanese: 球 (kyū) — spherical physical object
• Japanese: 球体 (kyūtai) — spherical physical object
• Kannada: ಗೋಳ (gōḷa) — spherical physical object
• Korean: 구체 (guche) — spherical physical object
• Latin: globus — spherical physical object
• Latvian: sfēra — spherical physical object
• Latvian: lode — spherical physical object
• Lithuanian: rutulys — spherical physical object
• Lithuanian: sfera — spherical physical object
• Macedonian: сфера (sfera) — spherical physical object
• Malay: sfera — spherical physical object
• Maltese: isfera — spherical physical object
• Māori: poi — spherical physical object
• Māori: kōpio — spherical physical object
• Middle English: spere — spherical physical object
• Mongolian: бөмбөрцөг (bömbörcög) — spherical physical object
• Norwegian Bokmål: sfære — spherical physical object
• Norwegian Bokmål: kule — spherical physical object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sfære — spherical physical object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kule — spherical physical object
• Old English: trendel — spherical physical object
• Pashto: پنډوس (panḍos) — spherical physical object
• Pashto: غونډاری (ǧunḍāray) — spherical physical object
• Dari: کُرَه (kura) — spherical physical object
• Dari: گویْ (gōy) — spherical physical object
• Iranian Persian: کُرِه (kore) — spherical physical object
• Iranian Persian: گویْ (guy) — spherical physical object
• Iranian Persian: سِپِهْر (sepehr) — spherical physical object
• Plautdietsch: Baul — spherical physical object
• Plautdietsch: Kjreiss — spherical physical object
• Polish: sfera — spherical physical object
• Portuguese: esfera — spherical physical object
• Romanian: sferă — spherical physical object
• Romanian: bilă — spherical physical object
• Romanian: bol — spherical physical object
• Russian: шар (šar) — spherical physical object
• Russian: сфе́ра (sféra) — spherical physical object
• Serbo-Croatian: ку́гла — spherical physical object
• Serbo-Croatian: kúgla — spherical physical object
• Slovak: guľa — spherical physical object
• Slovak: sféra — spherical physical object
• Slovene: krogla — spherical physical object
• Spanish: esfera — spherical physical object
• Spanish: bola — spherical physical object
• Swahili: mviringo — spherical physical object
• Swedish: klot — spherical physical object
• Swedish: glob — spherical physical object
• Swedish: sfär — spherical physical object
• Telugu: గోళము (gōḷamu) — spherical physical object
• Thai: ทรงกลม (song-glom) — spherical physical object
• Turkish: küre — spherical physical object
• Ukrainian: сфе́ра (sféra) — spherical physical object
• Urdu: گولا (golā) — spherical physical object
• Vietnamese: mặt cầu — spherical physical object
• Welsh: sffêr — spherical physical object
• Esperanto: sferoj — historical, astronomy, mythology: any of the concentric globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth
• Finnish: taivaankansi — historical, astronomy, mythology: any of the concentric globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth
• Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — historical, astronomy, mythology: any of the concentric globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth
• Middle English: spere — historical, astronomy, mythology: any of the concentric globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth
• Armenian: ասպարեզ (asparez) — region in which something or someone is active
• Asturian: esfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Bashkir: даирә (dairə) — region in which something or someone is active
• Belarusian: сфе́ра (sfjéra) — region in which something or someone is active
• Belarusian: сфэ́ра (sféra) — region in which something or someone is active
• Bulgarian: сфе́ра (sféra) — region in which something or someone is active
• Burmese: နယ်ပယ် (naipai) — region in which something or someone is active
• Catalan: esfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Chinese Mandarin: 範圍 /范围 (fànwéi) — region in which something or someone is active
• Chinese Mandarin: 領域 /领域 (lǐngyù) — region in which something or someone is active
• Czech: sféra — region in which something or someone is active
• Danish: sfære — region in which something or someone is active
• Dutch: omgeving — region in which something or someone is active
• Dutch: bereik — region in which something or someone is active
• Dutch: sfeer — region in which something or someone is active
• Esperanto: sfero — region in which something or someone is active
• Finnish: ala — region in which something or someone is active
• Finnish: alue — region in which something or someone is active
• Finnish: toimintapiiri — region in which something or someone is active
• Finnish: toiminta-alue — region in which something or someone is active
• French: sphère — region in which something or someone is active
• Galician: esfera — region in which something or someone is active
• German: Sphäre — region in which something or someone is active
• German: Bereich — region in which something or someone is active
• Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — region in which something or someone is active
• Hebrew: תְּחוּם (tkhum) — region in which something or someone is active
• Hungarian: hatáskör — region in which something or someone is active
• Hungarian: kör — region in which something or someone is active
• Hungarian: terület — region in which something or someone is active
• Irish: réimse — region in which something or someone is active
• Italian: sfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Japanese: 分野 (bun'ya) — region in which something or someone is active
• Japanese: 範囲 (han'i) — region in which something or someone is active
• Japanese: 領域 (ryōiki) — region in which something or someone is active
• Khmer: គោចរ (koocɑɑ) — region in which something or someone is active
• Korean: 분야 (bunya) — region in which something or someone is active
• Korean: 영역 (yeong'yeok) — region in which something or someone is active
• Korean: 령역 (ryeong'yeok) — region in which something or someone is active
• Korean: 범위 (beomwi) — region in which something or someone is active
• Latin: ambitus — region in which something or someone is active
• Latvian: sfēra — region in which something or someone is active
• Norwegian Bokmål: sfære — region in which something or someone is active
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sfære — region in which something or someone is active
• Old English: stede — region in which something or someone is active
• Polish: obszar — region in which something or someone is active
• Polish: sfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Portuguese: esfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Russian: сфе́ра (sféra) — region in which something or someone is active
• Serbo-Croatian: сфе́ра — region in which something or someone is active
• Serbo-Croatian: sféra — region in which something or someone is active
• Slovene: sfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Spanish: esfera — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: fack — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: fält — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: gebit — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: klass — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: krets — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: område — region in which something or someone is active
• Swedish: sfär — region in which something or someone is active
• Turkish: alan — region in which something or someone is active
• Ukrainian: сфе́ра (sféra) — region in which something or someone is active