global

English

Etymology

globe +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡləʊbəl/, SAMPA: /"gl@Ub@l/
• (US) enPR: glō'bəl, IPA: /ˈɡloʊbəl/, SAMPA: /"gloUb@l/
• Rhymes: -əʊbəl

Adjective

global (comparative more global, superlative most global)

1. spherical, ball-shaped

   In the center was a small, global mass....

2. (not comparable) of or relating to a globe or sphere
3. Concerning all parts of the world.

   Pollution is a global problem.

   • 2003, Catherine Dupré, Importing the law in post-communist transitions, page 169:

     Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.

4. (not comparable, computing) of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program

   Global variables keep support engineers employed.

Synonyms

• (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
• (of or relating to a globe or sphere):
• (concerning all parts of the world): international, universal, world-wide, planetary

Antonyms

• (concerning all parts of the world): local, national, regional
• (of a variable, in computing): local

Derived terms

• globalisation, globalization
• globalism; globalist
• globally
• global warming
• transglobal

Related terms

• globe
• globular

Translations

spherical

Czech: kulovitý (cs) m. Dutch: bolvormig (nl), bolrond (nl), sferisch (nl) Finnish: pallomainen (fi), pyöreä (fi)

French: globulaire (fr) Polish: kulisty m., sferyczny m. Russian: сферический (ru) (sferíčeskij)

of or relating to a globe or sphere

Dutch: sferisch (nl)

Finnish: pallo-

concerning all parts of the world

Chinese: Mandarin: 全球 (cmn) (quánqiú), 萬國 (zh), 万国 (zh) (wànguó) Dutch: globaal, wereldwijd, wereld-, mondiaal Esperanto: tutmonda (eo) Estonian: ülemaailmne (et), globaalne (et), globaalne (et) Finnish: maailmanlaajuinen (fi), globaali (fi) French: global (fr), global (fr) f., mondial (fr) m., mondiale (fr) f. German: global (de)

Greek: παγκόσμιος (el) (pagkósmios) Hungarian: globális (hu) Japanese: グローバル (ja) (gurōbaru), 世界的 (ja) (せかいてき, sekai-teki), 万国の (ja) (ばんこくの, bankoku-no) Polish: globalny (pl) m. Russian: всемирный (ru) (vsemírnyj), глобальный (ru) (globál'nyj) Scottish Gaelic: domhanta (gd) Turkish: küresel (tr)

of a variable, in computing

Finnish: globaali (fi) German: global (de)

Russian: глобальный (ru) (globál'nyj)

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Bulgarian: глобален (globalen) French: global Persian: جهانی (jahani) Spanish: mundial (2), global (3)

Noun

global (plural globals)

1. (computing) A globally scoped identifier.

Antonyms

• local

See also

• Global on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡlɔ.bal/
• Homophones: globale, globales

Etymology

from globe ("globe"), from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”)

Adjective

global m. (f. globale, m. plural globaux, f. plural globales)

1. (originally) global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
2. as a whole, on the whole; total

Related terms

• globe m.
• globalement
• globalisme m.
• globaliste m.
• globulare

Synonyms

• (spherical) globulaire, sphérique
• (worldwide) mondial

Antonyms

• (not worldwide) local, régional
• (not on the whole) particulier, spécifique

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German

Adjective

global (not comparable)

1. global (worldwide)

Synonyms

• (worldwide): weltweit

Antonyms

• (worldwide): lokal, regional

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Spanish

Adjective

global m. and f. (plural globales)

1. global (worldwide)

Antonyms

• local

Related terms

• globo

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Swedish

Etymology

glob +‎ -al

Adjective

global

1. global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal

Declension

Declension of global

Inflections of global
Indefinite singular	Common	global
	Neuter	globalt
Definite singular	Masc.	globale
	All	globala
Plural		globala

Related terms

• globalisera