esfera
See also: esfèra
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]
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
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”).
Related terms
Further reading
- “esfera”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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)
- (mathematics) sphere (regular three-dimensional object)
- sphere, domain (region in which something or someone is active)
Derived terms
Related terms
- esferográfica
- esferoidal
- esferométrico
- esferómetro
- esférula
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed 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
Further reading
- “esfera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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