global

English

Etymology

globe +‎ -al

Pronunciation

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

   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19: 

     It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

   Pollution is a global problem.

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
• semiglobal
• transglobal

Related terms

• globe
• globular

Translations

spherical

• Czech: kulovitý (cs) m
• Danish: kuglerund (da), kugleformet (da), sfærisk (da)
• Dutch: bolvormig (nl), bolrond (nl), sferisch (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pallomainen (fi), pyöreä (fi)
• French: globulaire (fr)

• Khmer: មូល (km) (muul)
• Persian: کروی (fa) (koravi)
• Polish: kulisty (pl) m, sferyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: globular (pt), esférico (pt)
• Russian: сферический (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv), klotformad (sv), klotformig (sv), globulär (sv)
• Turkish: küresel (tr)

of or relating to a globe or sphere

• Dutch: sferisch (nl)
• Finnish: pallo- (fi)

• Portuguese: esferal (pt)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv), globulär (sv), klot- (sv)

concerning all parts of the world

• Catalan: mundial (ca), global (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全球 (cmn) (quánqiú), 萬國 (cmn), 万国 (cmn) (wànguó)

• Danish: global (da)
• 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)
• Irish: domhanda (ga)
• 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)
• Khmer: នៃសាកល (km) (ney saakɑl)
• Latin: universalis (la) m and f, universale (la) n, mundanus (la) m, totīus mundi (la) m (gen.)
• Persian: جهانی (fa) (jahâni)
• Polish: globalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: global (pt), mundial (pt)
• Russian: всемирный (ru) (vsemírnyj), глобальный (ru) (globál'nyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhanta (gd)
• Swedish: global (sv), världsomspännande (sv), världsomfattande (sv)
• Turkish: küresel (tr)

of a variable, in computing

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

• Persian: سراسری (fa) (sarâsari)
• Portuguese: global (pt)
• Russian: глобальный (ru) (globál'nyj)
• Swedish: global (sv), allmän (sv), -omfattande (sv) (e.g. systemomfattande, programomfattande)

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• Bulgarian: глобален (globalen)
• French: global
• 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 (feminine globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine 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

Declension

    Declension of global

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist global	sie ist global	es ist global	sie sind global
strong declension (without article)	nominative	globaler	globale	globales	globale
	genitive	globalen	globaler	globalen	globaler
	dative	globalem	globaler	globalem	globalen
	accusative	globalen	globale	globales	globale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der globale	die globale	das globale	die globalen
	genitive	des globalen	der globalen	des globalen	der globalen
	dative	dem globalen	der globalen	dem globalen	den globalen
	accusative	den globalen	die globale	das globale	die globalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein globaler	eine globale	ein globales	(keine) globalen
	genitive	eines globalen	einer globalen	eines globalen	(keiner) globalen
	dative	einem globalen	einer globalen	einem globalen	(keinen) globalen
	accusative	einen globalen	eine globale	ein globales	(keine) globalen

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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