global

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French global, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French globe, from Latin globus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊbəl/
• enPR: glō'bəl, IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊbəl/
• 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”, in 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.

5. Which has to be considered in its entirety.

Synonyms

• (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
• (of or relating to a globe or sphere):
• (concerning all parts of the world): world-wide, planetary

Antonyms

• (concerning all parts of the world): domestic, national, local, regional
• (of a variable, in computing): local

Hyponyms

• quasi-global
• semiglobal
• sub-global
• superglobal
• transglobal

 

Derived terms

• globalisation
• globalism
• globalist
• globalization
• globally

 

Related terms

• global warming
• globe
• globular

 

Translations

spherical

• Bulgarian: сфери́чен (bg) (sferíčen)
• Catalan: globular
• Czech: kulovitý (cs)
• Danish: kuglerund, kugleformet (da), sfærisk
• Dutch: bolvormig (nl), bolrond (nl), sferisch (nl)
• Esperanto: sfera (eo), sferforma
• Finnish: pallomainen (fi), pyöreä (fi)
• French: globulaire (fr)
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• Ido: globala (io)
• Khmer: មូល (km) (muul)
• Persian: کروی (fa) (koravi)
• Polish: kulisty (pl), sferyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: globular, esférico (pt)
• Russian: сфери́ческий (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv), klotformad (sv), klotformig, globulär
• Turkish: küresel (tr)

of or relating to a globe or sphere

• Bulgarian: сфери́чен (bg) (sferíčen)
• Catalan: globular
• Dutch: sferisch (nl)
• Finnish: pallo- (fi)
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• Polish: globalny (pl)
• Portuguese: esferal
• Russian: сфери́ческий (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv), globulär, klot-

concerning all parts of the world

• Arabic: عَالَمِيّ‎ (ʕālamiyy)
• Belarusian: сусве́тны (susvjétny), глаба́льны (hlabálʹny)
• Bulgarian: глоба́лен (globálen), световен (bg) (svetoven)
• Catalan: mundial (ca), global (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全球 (zh) (quánqiú), 萬國／万国 (zh) (wànguó), 万国 (zh) (wànguó)

• Czech: globální (cs), světový (cs)
• Danish: global (da), verdensomspændende
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} globaal (nl), ^{(please verify)} wereldwijd (nl), ^{(please verify)} wereld- (nl), ^{(please verify)} mondiaal (nl)
• Esperanto: tutmonda
• Estonian: ülemaailmne, globaalne, globaalne
• Finnish: maailmanlaajuinen (fi), globaali (fi), maailman- (fi), globaali- (fi)
• French: global (fr), mondial (fr)
• Georgian: მსოფლიო (msoplio), გლობალური (globaluri), საყოველთაო (saq̇oveltao), საზოგადო (sazogado)
• German: global (de)
• Greek: παγκόσμιος (el) (pagkósmios)
• Hungarian: globális (hu)
• Ido: mondala (io)
• Irish: domhanda
• Japanese: グローバル (ja) (gurōbaru), 地球規模 (chikyū kibo), 世界的 (sekaiteki), 万国の (bankoku no)
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• Khmer: នៃសាកល (ney saakɑl)
• Korean: 세계적 (ko) (segyejeok)
• Latin: universalis m or f, universale n, mundanus m, totīus mundi m (gen.)
• Macedonian: глобален (globalen), светски (svetski)
• Persian: جهانی (fa) (jahâni)
• Polish: globalny (pl), światowy (pl)
• Portuguese: global (pt), mundial (pt)
• Russian: всеми́рный (ru) (vsemírnyj), глоба́льный (ru) (globálʹnyj), мирово́й (ru) (mirovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светски, свјетски, глобалан

  Roman: svetski, svjetski (sh), globalan (sh)

• Slovak: svetový, globálny (sk)
• Slovene: svetoven, globalen
• Spanish: global (es), mundial (es)
• Swedish: global (sv), världsomspännande (sv), världsomfattande (sv)
• Turkish: global (tr), küresel (tr)
• Ukrainian: світови́й (svitovýj), глоба́льний (hlobálʹnyj)
• Welsh: byd-eang

of a variable, in computing

• Bulgarian: глобален (globalen)
• Catalan: global (ca)
• Finnish: globaali (fi)
• German: global (de)
• Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: سراسری (fa) (sarâsari)
• Portuguese: global (pt)
• Russian: глоба́льный (ru) (globálʹnyj)
• Swedish: global (sv), allmän (sv), -omfattande (e.g. systemomfattande, programomfattande)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} global (fr)
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• Spanish: (3) ^{(please verify)} global (es)

Noun

global (plural globals)

1. (computing) A globally scoped identifier.

Antonyms

• local

See also

• Template:projectlink

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡluˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ɡloˈbal]

Adjective

global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globals)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

Derived terms

• globalitzar
• globalment

Further reading

• “global” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “global”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “global” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “global” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From globe ("globe"), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɔ.bal/
• Homophones: globale, globales

Adjective

global (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

Synonyms

• (spherical): globulaire, sphérique
• (worldwide): mondial

Antonyms

• (not worldwide): local, régional
• (not on the whole): particulier, spécifique

Derived terms

• globalement
• globaliser
• globalisme
• globaliste

Related terms

• globe
• globulare

Further reading

• “global”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Adjective

global m or f (plural globais)

1. global

Derived terms

• globalismo
• globalista
• globalizar
• globalmente

 

Related terms

• globo

Further reading

• “global”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

global (not comparable)

1. global (worldwide)

Synonyms

• (worldwide): weltweit

Antonyms

• (worldwide): lokal, regional

Further reading

• “global” in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun globus.

Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

1. global

Synonyms

• verdensomspennende

Derived terms

• global oppvarming

References

• “global” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun globus.

Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

1. global

Derived terms

• global oppvarming

References

• “global” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Adjective

global m (feminine singular globala, masculine plural globals, feminine plural globalas)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

globo (“globe”) +‎ -al

Adjective

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)
2. (computing, of a variable) global (accessible by all parts of a program)

Synonyms

• (concerning all parts of the world): mundial

Derived terms

• globalizar

Etymology 2

Globo +‎ -al

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Rede Globo, a Brazilian TV network.

   ator global ― global actor (actor of Rede Globo)

Further reading

• Rede Globo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rede Globo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈbal/ [ɡloˈβ̞al]

Adjective

global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globales)

1. global (concerning all parts of the world)

   Synonym: mundial

   Antonym: local

Derived terms

• globalizar

Related terms

• globo

Further reading

• “global”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

glob +‎ -al

Adjective

global (not comparable)

1. global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal

Declension

Inflection of global
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	global	—	—
Neuter singular	globalt	—	—
Plural	globala	—	—
Masculine plural3	globale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	globale	—	—
All	globala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• globalisera