globe
French, noun/ɡlɔb/
globe is spelled G-L-O-B-E (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Globe is a French masculine noun meaning “globe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sphère, corps sphérique”.
What does globe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglobe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sphère, corps sphérique. 2. Globe terrestre ; la planète Terre. 3. Représentation cartographique sur une sphère de la Terre, d’un astre ou de l’espace céleste. 4. Globe impérial ; boule d’or, surmontée d’une croix ou d'un autre motif emblématique, qui symbolisait l'univers et qui fut prise pour attribut par les derniers empereurs romains, puis par certains souverains.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of globe
- globes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce globe?
- /ɡlɔb/
- \ɡlɔb\
- [glɔb]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to globe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is globe in French?
globe appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).