lobe

See also lobé

English

Etymology

From French lobe, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobos, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

lobe (plural lobes)

1. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
2. (anatomy) A division of the brain.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lobe

Derived terms

• frontal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• temporal lobe
• trilobite

Related terms

• lobotomy

Translations

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form

• Russian: лепесток (ru) (lepestok) (antenna radiation pattern lobe)

division of the brain

• Czech: lalok (cs) m
• Danish: lap (da) c, hjernelap (da) c
• Dutch: kwab (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: lobo (eo)
• Finnish: aivolohko (fi)
• French: lobe (fr) m\
• Greek: λοβός (el) (lovós) m

• Hungarian: lebeny (hu)
• Icelandic: blað (is) n
• Italian: lobo (it) m
• Polish: płat (pl) m
• Romanian: lob (ro)
• Russian: доля (ru) (dolja) f
• Spanish: lóbulo (es) m

External links

• lobe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lobe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

See also

• (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe ^{(Category: en:Brain)}

Anagrams

• bole

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French

Verb

lobe

1. first-person singular present indicative of lober
2. third-person singular present indicative of lober
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober
5. second-person singular imperative of lober

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German

Verb

lobe

1. First-person singular present of loben.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of loben.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of loben.
4. Imperative singular of loben.

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Latin

Noun

lobe

1. vocative singular of lobus