sferă

See also: sfera, Sfera, sféra, sfēra, sfērā, sferą, and -sfera

Romanian

Alternative forms

• сферэ (sferă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor.

Latin sphaera

Late Latin sphēralbor.

French sphèrebor.

Romanian sferă

Borrowed from French sphère, a learned borrowing from Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera, borrowed from Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră, “ball, globe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfe.rə/
• Rhymes: -erə
• Hyphenation: sfe‧ră

Noun

sferă f (plural sfere)

1. sphere

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sferă	sfera	sfere	sferele
genitive-dative	sfere	sferei	sfere	sferelor
vocative	sferă, sfero		sferelor

Related terms

• sferic
• sfericitate
• sferoid
• sferometru

Further reading

• “sferă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026