glob
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Possibly a blend of blob + gob or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, blob, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.[1])
In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
[edit]glob (plural globs)
- A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
- He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
- (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
- To stick in globs or lumps.
- 2024, Mimi Matthews, The Muse of Maiden Lane, page 58:
- […] paint globbed on the canvas, marring the careful shadowing he'd created on the snowbank. It was an amateurish mistake, completely unworthy of an artist of Teddy's skill.
Etymology 2
[edit]Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; short for global.
Noun
[edit]glob (plural globs)
- (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
Verb
[edit]glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
- (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
See also
[edit]
Glob (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 359
Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “glob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English globe, from late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]glob (Jawi spelling ݢلوب)
- A globe (spherical model of Earth).
Further reading
[edit]- “glob” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French globe.[1] Doublet of globus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]glob m inan (related adjective globowy)
- (countable, astronomy) globe, planet (large celestial body belonging to a planetary system)
- Synonym: planeta
- Hypernym: ciało niebieskie
- (uncountable) globe (planet on which people live; Earth in reference only to the planet without its gaseous envelope)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “glob”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- glob in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- glob in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- glob in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French globe, from Latin globus.
Noun
[edit]glob n (plural globuri)
- globe (all senses)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | glob | globul | globuri | globurile | |
| genitive-dative | glob | globului | globuri | globurilor | |
| vocative | globule | globurilor | |||
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]glob c
- a globe
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | glob | globs |
| definite | globen | globens | |
| plural | indefinite | glober | globers |
| definite | globerna | globernas |
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