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/,

Noun

esfera f (plural esferes)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

esfera f (plural esferes)

1. 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, 2024
• “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)

1. 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

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧fe‧ra

Noun

esfera f (plural esferas)

1. (mathematics) sphere (regular three-dimensional object)
2. sphere, domain (region in which something or someone is active)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “esfera” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

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esfera

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈfeɾa/
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: es‧fe‧ra

Noun

esfera f (plural esferas)

1. (geometry) sphere
2. (figuratively) sphere, area, realm
3. clock face

Derived terms

Further reading

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