Definitions and meaning of orb
orb
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɹb/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːb/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)b
Etymology 1
From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.
Noun
orb (plural orbs)
- A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
- Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
- (architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
- An orbit of an heavenly body
- (rare) The time period of an orbit
- (poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
- (poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
- (rare) A sphere of action.
- A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power
- A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
- (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (astrology) Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.
Synonyms
- (spherical body): ball, globe, sphere
- (circle): circle, orbit
- (a period of time): See Thesaurus:year
- (an eye): See Thesaurus:eye
- (revolving circular body): roller, wheel
- (sphere of action): area, domain, field, province
- (monarch's ceremonial sphere): globe, globus cruciger, mound, orb
- (military formation): globe
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Translations
Verb
orb (third-person singular simple present orbs, present participle orbing, simple past and past participle orbed)
- (poetic, transitive) To form into an orb or circle.
- (poetic, intransitive) To become round like an orb.
- (poetic, transitive) To encircle; to surround; to enclose.
Etymology 2
From Old French orb (“blind”), from Latin orbus (“destitute”).
Noun
orb (plural orbs)
- (architecture) A blank window or panel.
References
- “orb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- BOR, Bor, Bor., ROB, Rob, bor, bro, bro., rob
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin orbus. Compare Romanian orb.
Adjective
orb m (feminine singular orbe, masculine plural orghi, feminine plural orbi)
- blind
- (figurative) ignorant
- (figurative) uncultivated, unrefined, uncivilized
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan orb (also spelled horp), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare Occitan òrb, Italian orbo, Romanian orb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔrp]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈɔɾp]
Adjective
orb (feminine orba, masculine plural orbs, feminine plural orbes)
- blind
- Synonym: cec
Noun
orb m (uncountable)
- a fungal disease of wheat and other cereals
References
- “orb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “orb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “orb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “orb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish orpo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *orpa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárbʰas. Cognate with Hungarian árva.
Noun
orb (genitive orvu, partitive orbu)
- orphan
Declension
Further reading
- “orb”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “orb”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- orb in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin orbus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare Italian orbo. Doublet of rob.
Pronunciation
Adjective
orb m or n (feminine singular oarbă, masculine plural orbi, feminine and neuter plural oarbe)
- blind
Declension
Noun
orb m (plural orbi, feminine equivalent oarbă)
- blind man
Declension
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Source: wiktionary.org