Dictionary

globule en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡlɑbjul/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin globuluslbor. French globulebor. English globule From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).

Meanings

1. A small round particle of substance; a drop.
   • Mature female black rockfish and newborn (inset), which sports an oil globule (arrow) - its prepacked lunch. Older moms give young a bigger starting meal, boosting the offsprings'^([sic]) growth and survival. 2005 June 4, Janet Raloff, “Empty Nets: Fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones”, in Science News, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2021:
   • Suppoſe now that in a fair Day the Sun ſhines through a thin Cloud of ſuch globules of Water or Hail, and that the globules are all of the ſame bigneſs[…] 1704, Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, 3rd edition, London: W. and J. Innys, published 1721, page 289:
   • They described the eggs as spherical in shape, highly transparent with a thin, horny egg membrane and a relatively wide perivitelline space. Each egg contained a single oil globule. 1991, Dean W. Ahrenholz, “Population Biology and Life History of the North American Menhadens, Brevoortia spp.”, in Marine Fisheries Review, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2021, page 9:
   • A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like scum on a rustic pool. 1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 19:

Forms

Deriveds

globulite · globuliferous · globulist · nanoglobule · globulet · globulism · globulin · globulimeter · Bok globule · plastoglobule · hypoglobulia · microglobule · conglobulate

Translations (20)

ga súileog (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · bg капчица (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ru ша́рик (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · az diyircək (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · la globulus (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · it globulo (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · es glóbulo (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ga meallán (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ru ка́пля (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ca glòbul (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ga cruinnín (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · az kürəcik (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ru крупи́нка (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · pt glóbulo (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · pl globulka (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ga liathróidín (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · fr globule (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · bg топчица (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · io globulo (a small round particle of substance; a drop) · ga súilín (a small round particle of substance; a drop)