"biosphere" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbaɪəʊˌsfɪə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-biosphere.wav Forms: biospheres [plural]
Etymology: From bio- + -sphere, from German Biosphäre, coined by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in 1875. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|bio|sphere}} bio- + -sphere, {{bor|en|de|Biosphäre}} German Biosphäre, {{coin|en|Eduard Suess|in=1875|nat=Austrian|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=geologist}} coined by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in 1875 Head templates: {{en-noun}} biosphere (plural biospheres)
  1. The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life. Translations (part of Earth capable of supporting life): biosferë [feminine] (Albanian), կենսոլորտ (kensolort) (Armenian), biosfera [feminine] (Catalan), ژینگۆ (jîngo) (Central Kurdish), 生物圈 (shēngwùquān) (Chinese Mandarin), biosféra [feminine] (Czech), biosfeer [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), biosfääri (Finnish), elonkehä (Finnish), biosphère [feminine] (French), ბიოსფერო (biospero) (Georgian), Biosphäre [feminine] (German), βιόσφαιρα (viósfaira) [feminine] (Greek), ביוספרה (biosféra) [feminine] (Hebrew), जीवमंडल (jīvmaṇḍal) (Hindi), bioszféra (Hungarian), biosfera [feminine] (Italian), 生物圏 (seibutsuken) (alt: せいぶつけん) (Japanese), биосфера (biosfera) (Kazakh), 생물권 (saengmulgwon) (alt: 生物圏) (Korean), biosphaera [feminine] (Latin), ജൈവമണ്ഡലം (jaivamaṇḍalaṁ) (Malayalam), ao rauropi (Maori), biosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), biosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biosfèra [feminine] (Occitan), زیستکره (zist-kore) (Persian), زیستسپهر (zist-sepehr) (Persian), biosfera [feminine] (Polish), biosfera [feminine] (Portuguese), биосфе́ра (biosféra) [feminine] (Russian), biosfera [feminine] (Slovene), biosfera [feminine] (Spanish), biosfär [common-gender] (Swedish), haybulog (Tagalog), sinh quyển (alt: 生圈) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-biosphere-en-noun-G0iodmyZ Disambiguation of 'part of Earth capable of supporting life': 99 1
  2. The totality of living organisms and their environment. Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (totality of living organisms): biosfääri (Finnish), βιόσφαιρα (viósfaira) [feminine] (Greek)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abiosphere, biospherian Related terms: biospheric, biospherical

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
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      "alt": "せいぶつけん",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saengmulgwon",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "생물권"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "ژینگۆ"
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      "code": "la",
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      "roman": "jaivamaṇḍalaṁ",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "ജൈവമണ്ഡലം"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "ao rauropi"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "biosfære"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biosfèra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zist-kore",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "زیستکره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zist-sepehr",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "زیستسپهر"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "biosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biosfera"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "биосфе́ра"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biosfera"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "biosfera"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "haybulog"
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    {
      "alt": "生圈",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "part of Earth capable of supporting life",
      "word": "sinh quyển"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "totality of living organisms",
      "word": "biosfääri"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "viósfaira",
      "sense": "totality of living organisms",
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