biosphere

See also: biosphère

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ -sphere

Noun

biosphere (plural biospheres)

1. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
2. The totality of living organisms and their environment.

Related terms

• biospheric / biospherical

Translations

part of Earth capable of supporting life

• Albanian: biosferë (sq) f
• Catalan: biosfera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物圈 (zh) (shēngwùquān)

• Czech: biosféra (cs) f
• Dutch: biosfeer (nl) m or f
• Finnish: biosfääri (fi), elonkehä
• French: biosphère (fr) f
• German: Biosphäre (de) f
• Greek: βιόσφαιρα (el) f (viósfaira)
• Hungarian: bioszféra (hu)
• Italian: biosfera (it) f
• Japanese: 生物圏 (せいぶつけん, seibutsuken)
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• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ژینگۆ (jîngo)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: biosfære m

  Nynorsk: biosfære m

• Persian: زیست‌کره (zīstkore), زیست‌سپهر (zīstsepehr)
• Portuguese: biosfera (pt) f
• Russian: биосфе́ра (ru) f (biosféra)
• Spanish: biosfera (es) f
• Swedish: biosfär c
• Tagalog: haybulog
• Vietnamese: sinh quyển

totality of living organisms

• Finnish: biosfääri (fi)
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• Greek: βιόσφαιρα (el) f (viósfaira)

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ביוספרה (he)
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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} bithsféar m