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6-letter words (1 found)

GLOBUS,

5-letter words (5 found)

BLOGS,BOGUS,BOLUS,GLOBS,LOBUS,

4-letter words (17 found)

BLOG,BOGS,BUGS,GLOB,GOBS,GUBS,GULS,LOBS,LOGS,LOUS,LUGS,SLOB,SLOG,SLUB,SLUG,SOUL,SUGO,

3-letter words (23 found)

BOG,BOS,BUG,BUS,GOB,GOS,GUB,GUL,GUS,LOB,LOG,LOS,LOU,LUG,OBS,OUS,SOB,SOG,SOL,SOU,SUB,SUG,UGS,

2-letter words (10 found)

BO,GO,GU,LO,OB,OS,OU,SO,UG,US,

You can make 56 words from globus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of globus

globus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡləʊbəs/

Noun

globus

  1. (medicine) The sensation of having a lump in the throat. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

  • globus hystericus
  • globus pharyngis

Derived terms

  • globus pallidus

Anagrams

  • Golubs

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈɡlɔ.βus]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡlɔ.bus]

Noun

globus m (invariable)

  1. globe
    globus terraqüi ― a world globe, see also bola del món
  2. balloon
    Synonym: baló
  3. speech bubble
    Synonym: bafarada
  4. globus cruciger (golden orb representing royal power)
    Synonyms: món, pom, globus imperial

Derived terms

  • englobar
  • globós

Related terms

  • glòbul
  • globular

Further reading

  • “globus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “globus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Globus, from Latin globus (“sphere, globe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡloːbus/, [ˈɡ̊loːb̥us]

Noun

globus c (singular definite globussen, plural indefinite globusser)

  1. globe

Inflection

Synonyms

  • globe c

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba (see there for more), glomus, Sanskrit ग्लुन्थ (gluntha, “lump”), and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlo.bus/, [ˈɡɫ̪ɔbʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlo.bus/, [ˈɡlɔːbus]

Noun

globus m (genitive globī); second declension

  1. any round object; a sphere; a globe
  2. a glob, group

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • globōsus
  • globulus

Descendants

References

  • “globus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “globus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • globus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • globus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “globus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 158
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*globuscellum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 283

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globus.

Noun

globus m (definite singular globusen, indefinite plural globuser, definite plural globusene)

  1. a globe (three-dimensional map of the world)
    "Klarer du å finne Kapp det gode håp på globusen"? spurte hun = "Can you find the Cape of Good Hope on the globe?" she asked.

Related terms

  • global

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globus.

Noun

globus m (definite singular globusen, indefinite plural globusar, definite plural globusane)

  1. a globe (as above)

Related terms

  • global

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin globus. Doublet of gleba and glob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔ.bus/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbus
  • Syllabification: glo‧bus

Noun

globus m inan

  1. globe (spherical model of Earth)

Declension

Further reading

  • globus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • globus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlǒːbus/
  • Hyphenation: glo‧bus

Noun

glóbus m (Cyrillic spelling гло́бус)

  1. globe

Declension


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