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globe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ɡləʊb/ (UK)
• /ɡloːb/ (Scotland)
• /ɡloʊb/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. ▸ The eyeball.
2. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. ▸ A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.
3. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. ▸ A part of a device, often a lamp.
   • the globe of a lamp
4. (Australia, South-Africa, dated) A light bulb.
   • Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them. 1920, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10, page 26:
5. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
   • Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed. 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
6. (in-plural, qualifier:quite uncommon, slang) A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.
   • 'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts. 2016 January 11, Caitlin O’Toole, “'I got my wig out and my globes': Katy Perry wears big hair and a VERY low-cut pink dress on red carpet”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2026:
   • Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment about her “globes” on stage. 2015 January 15, Paige Reddinger, “The Golden Globes 2015: A Full Tapis Rouge Rundown”, in Fashion Week Daily, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2019:
7. (obsolete) A group.
8. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

Forms

Deriveds

globelet · globefish · globe animalcule · globiferous · inglobe · globe-trotting · yard globe · globe amaranth · globe sponge · globophobic · light globe · globe luxation · globe lightning · englobe · globeless · globewise · globe sight · globemaking · garden globe · time globe · globehead · globie · globy · show globe · globe-trotter · globe earther · globe thistle · globe of the world · globeful · globemaker · globoid · globe trotter · semiglobe · globetard · globe mallow · globe daisy · hemoglobin · globocrat · globe of compression · globe artichoke · globe algae · globeflower · globe-earther · globetrot · globelike · globe-trot · plasma globe · globesity · eyeglobe · snowglobe · globophobe · snow globe · cyberglobe

Relateds

globular · global

Synonyms

eyeglobe · globus · bulbus · bulbus oculi

Translations (113)

mk топка (spherical object) · lo ລູກໂລກ (model of Earth) · nb globus (model of Earth) · ar كُرَة (spherical object) · be шар (spherical object) · ar كُرَةٌ أَرْضِيَّة (model of Earth) · eo globo (spherical object) · ur کُرَّۂ اَرْض (model of Earth) · ky глобус (model of Earth) · nn globus (model of Earth) · cmn 地球儀 /地球仪 (model of Earth) · zza globes (model of Earth) · be гло́бус (model of Earth) · hy գլոբուս (model of Earth) · pt globo (spherical object) · az کره (spherical object) · sv glob (model of Earth) · te గోళము (model of Earth) · ms glob (model of Earth) · pt globo (model of Earth) · sh гло́бус (model of Earth) · pl globus (model of Earth) · mi porotaka (model of Earth) · tg кура (spherical object) · ko 지구본 (model of Earth) · sk glóbus (model of Earth) · el υδρόγειος σφαίρα (model of Earth) · ja グローブ (model of Earth) · ja 地球儀 (model of Earth) · uk сфе́ра (spherical object) · tl hilihid (spherical object) · nl wereldbol (model of Earth) · ga cruinneog (model of Earth) · pt esfera (spherical object) · zza kure (diq) (model of Earth) · es globo (spherical object) · eo terglobuso (model of Earth) · tl globo (model of Earth) · pl glob (spherical object) · th ลูกโลก (model of Earth) · la globus (spherical object) · kw pel an norvys (model of Earth) · fa-ira کُرِهٔ جُغْرافِیَایی (model of Earth) · et gloobus (model of Earth) · uz globus (model of Earth) · uk гло́бус (model of Earth) · sv glob (spherical object) · uk ку́ля (spherical object) · az qlobus (model of Earth) · tr küre (model of Earth) · id globe (model of Earth) · ka გლობუსი (model of Earth) · hu glóbusz (model of Earth) · kk глобус (model of Earth) · fa-ira کُرِه (spherical object) · fa-ira کُرِهٔ اَرْض (model of Earth) · tt глобус (model of Earth) · be сфе́ра (spherical object) · el σφαίρα (spherical object) · ug گلوبۇس (model of Earth) · haw hulipoepoe (model of Earth) · sh kúgla (spherical object) · ur گْلوب (model of Earth) · de Globus (model of Earth) · pdt Baul (spherical object) · fa-ira کُرِهٔ زَمین (model of Earth) · mk сфера (spherical object) · sq glob (model of Earth) · da globus (model of Earth) · hu földgömb (model of Earth) · be глёбус (model of Earth) · ko 지구의 (model of Earth) · hi ग्लोब (model of Earth) · es globo terrestre (model of Earth) · yi גלאָבוס (model of Earth) · fa-ira گویْ (spherical object) · sl globus (model of Earth) · az kürə (spherical object) · ps غونډاری (model of Earth) · lv globuss (model of Earth) · fi karttapallo (model of Earth) · az کره مجسمه (model of Earth) · vi quả địa cầu (model of Earth) · es globo terráqueo (model of Earth) · fr globe (model of Earth) · bg гло́бус (model of Earth) · ro glob (model of Earth) · ru гло́бус (model of Earth) · ru сфе́ра (spherical object) · sh ку́гла (spherical object) · zza kure (diq) (spherical object) · bg сфе́ра (spherical object) · fi pallo (spherical object) · be сфэ́ра (spherical object) · ru шар (spherical object) · nap gruóbo (model of Earth) · sw globu (model of Earth) · tg глобус (model of Earth) · cs glóbus (model of Earth) · ca globus (model of Earth) · he גְּלוֹבּוּס (model of Earth) · arc ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (spherical object) · is hnattlíkan (model of Earth) · bg кълбо́ (spherical object) · id bola dunia (model of Earth) · nl globe (model of Earth) · lt gaublys (model of Earth) · mk глобус (model of Earth) · fa-ira گِلُب (model of Earth) · grc σφαῖρα (spherical object) · it globo (model of Earth) · sv jordglob (model of Earth) · sh glóbus (model of Earth)

wikidata: Q17486816

globe en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ɡləʊb/ (UK)
• /ɡloːb/ (Scotland)
• /ɡloʊb/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Globe (“the earth”)
   alt of Globe
   • They aspired to circumaviate the globe.
   • Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2026, page 18:
   • Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
   • "Around the World in Eighty Days" once had so much appeal to the imagination that Jules Verne wrote a novel about it. The latest proposal is to girdle the globe in three months in a flying machine. The practicability of such a flight is here discussed by an expert. Mr. Woodhouse is a member of the Aero Club of America and managing editor of "Flying". ¶ When the Aero Club of America received the news that the Panama-Pacific International Exposition had decided to offer $300,000 in prize money for a ninety-day aircraft race around the world, no one connected with aeronautics laughed at the conception or called it the dream of a Verne or a Wells. A map of the course of the race indicates that to circumaviate the globe will mean flights over mountains and deserts, through storms, and across seas. But formidable obstacles in all of these classifications have been surmounted before by airmen, and, of course, can be surmounted again. 1914 February 28, Henry Woodhouse, “Girdling the Globe by Motor-Driven Aircraft”, in Collier's, volume 52, number 24, page 13:
   • American built planes and engines penetrated into the Alaskan wilderness at a time when such an overland flight was a marvel of ground organization and daring in the air. An American built plane and engine spanned the continent from dawn to dusk, flying at a speed averaging 160 miles an hour. American engineers and American mechanics designed and constructed the Shenandoah, demonstrating that the rigid aircraft monopoly which had been held by Germany was broken. Americans with equipment completely American were the first to circumaviate the globe—Douglas planes from Santa Monica. Nothing has been finer than this achievement, aided by the splendid sportsmanship of other nationals in cooperating to make the flight a success. 1925 April 14, Will H. Hays, “Aerial Navigation: A Forceful Aid in Peaceful Commerce”, in Commerce Journal, volume 5, number 5, page 5:
   • But whatever opinion or theory may be formed by any one, all agree that at some period or other this world has been destroyed by water, and that the proofs of this assertion are found in every part of the globe 1866, John Locke, A System of Theology:

Forms

Translations (77)

el γήινη σφαίρα (planet Earth) · fr Terre (planet Earth) · tg кураи замин (planet Earth) · sv jorden (planet Earth) · uk земля́ (planet Earth) · nb jordklode (planet Earth) · te భూగోళము (planet Earth) · fi maapallo (planet Earth) · pt globo (planet Earth) · hu földgolyó (planet Earth) · be зямля́ (planet Earth) · ru Земля́ (planet Earth) · es globo (planet Earth) · fr globe terrestre (planet Earth) · it globo (planet Earth) · zza erdkure (planet Earth) · pl kula ziemska (planet Earth) · ja グローブ (planet Earth) · cmn 地球 (planet Earth) · kk жер шары (planet Earth) · es globo terráqueo (planet Earth) · ja 地球 (planet Earth) · fr terre (planet Earth) · he כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ (planet Earth) · si භූගෝලය (planet Earth) · km ផែនដី (planet Earth) · be зямны́ шар (planet Earth) · ota ارض (planet Earth) · sk zemeguľa (planet Earth) · de Erdkugel (planet Earth) · my ကမ္ဘာလုံး (planet Earth) · ru земно́й шар (planet Earth) · fa-ira کُرِهٔ زَمین (planet Earth) · bg зе́мно кълбо́ (planet Earth) · sv jordglob (planet Earth) · ko 지구 (planet Earth) · tt җир шары (planet Earth) · uk земна́ ку́ля (planet Earth) · da jordklode (planet Earth) · az yer kürəsi (planet Earth) · nb klode (planet Earth) · lt žemės rutulys (planet Earth) · fa-cls کُرَه (planet Earth) · es globo terrestre (planet Earth) · sv glob (planet Earth) · de Erde (planet Earth) · ar كُرَةٌ أَرْضِيَّة (planet Earth) · is jörð (planet Earth) · my ကမ္ဘာ (planet Earth) · da klode (planet Earth) · pl glob (planet Earth) · cs zeměkoule (planet Earth) · ro Pământ (planet Earth) · sh kugla zemaljska (planet Earth) · fa-ira کُرِه (planet Earth) · uz yer shari (planet Earth) · pl glob ziemski (planet Earth) · nap gruóbo (planet Earth) · ru земля́ (planet Earth) · mk земјина топка (planet Earth) · de Erdball (planet Earth) · nl wereldbol (planet Earth) · yue 地球 (planet Earth) · sh кугла земаљска (planet Earth) · nn jordklode (planet Earth) · nn klode (planet Earth) · ro glob (planet Earth) · lv zemeslode (planet Earth) · th โลก (planet Earth) · tr yerküre (planet Earth) · fa-ira کُرِهٔ اَرْض (planet Earth) · et maakera (planet Earth) · sl zemeljska krogla (planet Earth) · ky жер шары (planet Earth) · my ကမ္ဘာမြေကြီး (planet Earth) · sa भूगोल (planet Earth) · el υδρόγειος (planet Earth)

wikidata: Q2

globe en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ɡləʊb/ (UK)
• /ɡloːb/ (Scotland)
• /ɡloʊb/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become spherical.
2. (transitive) To make spherical.

Forms