"sphère" meaning in All languages combined

See sphère on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /sfɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-sphère.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-sphère.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-sphère.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: sphères [plural], sphære [alternative, archaic]
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin sphēra. Replaced Old French espere, from the same Latin source. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:lbor|la-lat:sphēra}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "ball, globe", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "σφαῖρᾰ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sphaera", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "sphēra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "sphère", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="sphère">, {{lbor|fr|la-lat|sphēra}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin sphēra Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} sphère f (plural sphères)
  1. (geometry) sphere Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-sphère-fr-noun-D1i3i8VO Categories (other): Geometry, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Shapes Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 75 25 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 94 6 Disambiguation of Shapes: 94 6 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. (figuratively) sphere, area Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-sphère-fr-noun-bi3VdFH7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hautes sphères, sphère armillaire, sphère d'influence, sphérique

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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