"global, overall" in seven languages
Meaningglobal, overall
Spanish
global
/gloˈbal/
learned
French
global
/glɔbal/
learned
fem.: globale
For 'worldwide' French usually prefers mondial.
Italian
globale
/gloˈbale/
learned
Portuguese
global
/ɡloˈbaw/
learned
Romanian
global
/ɡloˈbal/
learned
Catalan
global
/ɡluˈbal/
learned
English
global
/ˈgloʊbəl/
from Latin/French · globe (Latin GLOBUS) + -al
English → Italianglobal, overallglobaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
GLOBUM‘ball, sphere’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A modern learned formation from GLOBUS 'ball'. In the Romance languages it still means 'taken as a whole' as often as 'worldwide': un precio global is a total price.
English relatives: globe, globule
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In a sentence
- esNecesitamos una visión global del problema.
- frIl nous faut une vision globale du problème.
- itServe una visione globale del problema.
- ptPrecisamos de uma visão global do problema.
- roAvem nevoie de o viziune globală asupra problemei.
- caNecessitem una visió global del problema.
- enWe need an overall view of the problem.