-sphere

See also: sphere, sphère, and -sphère

English

Suffix

-sphere

1. (mathematics) Used to form nouns indicating a sphere of x dimensions

   n-sphere

2. Designating a spherical field or object.

   sarcosphere; chromosphere

3. Designating a global system or layer of the Earth or another planet.

   biosphere; hydrosphere

4. (figurative) Designating a particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc.; its spatial or virtual sphere of influence.

   blogosphere; wingnutosphere; Anglosphere

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -sphere

Derived terms

• atmosphere
• blogosphere
• chondriosphere
• oncosphere

• somosphere
• troposphere
• vivosphere
• zoosphere

Translations

designating some layer of the Earth

• Catalan: -sfera
• Dutch: sfeer (nl)
• Finnish: -sfääri
• Galician: -sfera f
• Georgian: -სფერო (-spero)
• Italian: -sfera (it)

• Malay: -sfera
• Persian: کره‎ (fa) (-kore), سپهر‎ (fa) (-sepehr)
• Spanish: -sfera

Anagrams

• Hesper, herpes, pesher, pheers