esfera
Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈfeɾa/, [esˈfe.ɾa]
Noun
esfera f (plural esferes)
- sphere
Related terms
- esféricu
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əsˈfe.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /esˈfe.ɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
Noun
esfera f (plural esferes)
- sphere
Derived terms
- -sfera
Related terms
- esfèric
- hemisferi
Further reading
- “esfera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “esfera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “esfera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “esfera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Noun
esfera f (plural esferas)
- sphere
Related terms
- esférico
Further reading
- “esfera” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- esphera (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈfɛ.ɾɐ/, /esˈfɛ.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/, /eʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈfɛ.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧fe‧ra
Noun
esfera f (plural esferas)
- sphere (object)
- Synonyms: globo, bola, orbe
Derived terms
- esfera de influência
Related terms
- caneta esferográfica
- esfericidade
- esférico
- esferoidal
- esferóide
- esferométrico
- esferômetro
- esférula
Further reading
- “esfera” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈfeɾa/ [esˈfe.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: es‧fe‧ra
Noun
esfera f (plural esferas)
- (geometry) sphere
- (figuratively) sphere, area, realm
- clock face
Derived terms
- angloesfera
- esfera armilar
- esférico
- hiperesfera
Further reading
- “esfera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014