biosphere

See also: biosphère

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -sphere, from German Biosphäre, coined by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in 1875.

Pronunciation

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Noun

biosphere (plural biospheres)

The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
The totality of living organisms and their environment.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Patavig:
  Patavig is the second of the Macedon system's giant terrestrial planets, and by far the more interesting. Most of the surface is covered by a vast sea of liquid ammonia, in which a unique aquatic ammonia-based biosphere has developed. While the frozen continents are largely bereft of life, a rich bounty of complex organisms — many larger than a human — flourish in the chilly, toxic seas.

Related terms

biospheric / biospherical

Translations

part of Earth capable of supporting life

Albanian: biosferë (sq) f
Armenian: կենսոլորտ (hy) (kensolort)
Catalan: biosfera f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生物圈 (zh) (shēngwùquān)
Czech: biosféra (cs) f
Dutch: biosfeer (nl) m or f
Finnish: biosfääri (fi), elonkehä
French: biosphère (fr) f
Georgian: ბიოსფერო (biospero)
German: Biosphäre (de) f
Greek: βιόσφαιρα (el) f (viósfaira)
Hebrew: ביוספרה‎ (he) f (biosféra)
Hindi: जीवमंडल (jīvmaṇḍal)
Hungarian: bioszféra (hu)
Italian: biosfera (it) f
Japanese: 生物圏 (せいぶつけん, seibutsuken)
Kazakh: биосфера (biosfera)
Korean: 생물권(生物圏) (ko) (saengmulgwon)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژینگۆ‎ (jîngo)
Latin: biosphaera f
Malayalam: ജൈവമണ്ഡലം (jaivamaṇḍalaṃ)
Maori: ao rauropi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: biosfære m
Nynorsk: biosfære m
Persian: زیست‌کره‎ (zīstkore), زیست‌سپهر‎ (zīstsepehr)
Polish: biosfera (pl) f
Portuguese: biosfera (pt) f
Russian: биосфе́ра (ru) f (biosféra)
Spanish: biosfera (es) f
Swedish: biosfär (sv) c
Tagalog: haybulog
Vietnamese: sinh quyển (vi) (生圈)

totality of living organisms

Finnish: biosfääri (fi)
Greek: βιόσφαιρα (el) f (viósfaira)

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} bithsféar m