sphere of influence

sphere of influence

English

Etymology

First attested in 1885 in reference to Anglo-German colonial rivalry in Africa.

Noun

sphere of influence (plural spheres of influence)

1. The area (literal or figurative) influenced by a country, person, etc.
   • 2022 February 23, Madeleine Albright, “Putin Is Making a Historic Mistake”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     […] it does not mean that the major powers have a right to chop the globe into spheres of influence as colonial empires did centuries ago.

Translations

area influenced by something

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: ազդեցության ոլորտ (hy) (azdecʿutʿyan olort) Bashkir: даирә (dairä) Chinese: Mandarin: 勢力範圍／势力范围 (shìli fànwéi) Dutch: invloedssfeer (nl) m, jurisdictie (nl) f Estonian: mõjupiirkond Finnish: vaikutuspiiri French: sphère d'influence (fr) Galician: esfera de influencia f German: Einflussbereich (de) m, Einflussphäre f Greek: σφαίρα επιρροής f (sfaíra epirroḯs) Japanese: 勢力圏 (せいりょくけん, seiryokuken) Kazakh: ықпал аясы (yqpal aäsy) Korean: 세력권 (seryeokgwon), 세력 범위 (seryeok beomwi) Mongolian: нөлөөний хүрээ (nölöönii xüree) Norwegian: Bokmål: innflytelsessfære m Portuguese: esfera de influência f Romanian: sferă de influență (ro) f Russian: сфе́ра влия́ния f (sféra vlijánija) Spanish: esfera de influencia f Swedish: intressesfär (sv), inflytelsesfär c Turkish: etki alanı Ukrainian: сфера впливу f (sfera vplyvu) Uyghur: تەسىر دائىرىسى‎ (tesir da'irisi) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “sphere”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 18 November 2021.