# global
## English
### Etymology

From globe +‎ -al; compare French global.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɡləʊbəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɡlɐʉbəl/
* (US) enPR: glō'bəl, IPA: /ˈɡloʊbəl/, [ˈɡloʊ̯bə̆ɫ]
* (Indic) enPR: glō'bəl, IPA: /ˈɡloːbəl/
* Rhymes: -əʊbəl
* Hyphenation: glo‧bal

### Adjective

global (comparative more global, superlative most global)
* Concerning all parts of the world.
** 2003, Catherine Dupré, Importing the law in post-communist transitions, page 169:Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.
** 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
    Pollution is a global problem.
* (not comparable) Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:
** 2013 December 30, Matthew Katze, Don Crawford, Office 365: Migrating and Managing Your Business in the Cloud‎, →ISBN, page 366:The first account that is created when you sign up is the global Administrator.
** (not comparable, computing) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.
    Global variables keep support engineers employed.
** Which has to be considered in its entirety.
* Spherical, ball-shaped.
    In the center was a small, global mass.
* (not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

#### Synonyms

* (concerning all parts of the world): world-wide, planetary
* (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
* (of or relating to a globe or sphere):

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “concerning all parts of the world”): domestic, national, local, regional
* (antonym(s) of “of a variable, in computing”): local

#### Hyponyms

* quasi-global
* semiglobal
* sub-global
* superglobal
* transglobal

#### Derived terms

* antiglobal
* antiglobalist
* circumglobal
* global affair
* global affairs
* global boiling
* global city
* global cooling
* global coupling
* global dimming
* global distillation
* global distribution system
* global element
* global empire
* global etymology
* global governance
* global heating
* global hectare
* global hoax
* global illumination
* global image
* global indicator
* globalisation
* globalism
* globalist
* globalitarian
* globality
* globalization
* globalize
* global literature
* globally
* global majority
* global maximum
* global minimum
* Global North
* global north
* globaloney
* global order
* Global Positioning System
* global positioning system
* global scope
* global socialism
* Global South
* global south
* global studies
* global village
* global warming
* global warmist
* global weirding
* global-wide
* global workspace theory
* globesity
* Globish
* globital
* globohomo
* glocal
* glocalization
* hyperglobal
* hyperglobalist
* interglobal
* multiglobal
* nonglobal
* panglobal
* pseudoglobal
* unglobal

#### Related terms

* globe
* globular

#### Translations

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### Noun

global (plural globals)
* (computing) A globally scoped identifier.

#### Antonyms

* local

### Adverb

global (comparative more global, superlative most global)
* In the global manner; world-wide.
** 2016, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, page 122:Coca-Cola, for example, shifted its stance, unsuccessfully, between “think global, act global” and “think local, act local” during the tenures of three different CEOs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

### References

* “global”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* global in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “global”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Further reading

* global on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Catalan
### Etymology

From globus +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ɡluˈβal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ɡloˈbal]

### Adjective

global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globals)
* global (concerning all parts of the world)

#### Derived terms

* globalitzar
* globalment

### Further reading

* “global” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “global”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “global” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “global” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From globe (“globe”) +‎ -al, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlɔ.bal/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: globale, globales

### Adjective

global (feminine globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine plural globales)
* (originally) global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
* as a whole, on the whole; total

#### Synonyms

* (spherical): globulaire, sphérique
* (worldwide): mondial

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “not worldwide”): local, régional
* (antonym(s) of “not on the whole”): particulier, spécifique

#### Derived terms

* globalement
* globaliser
* globalisme
* globaliste

#### Related terms

* globe
* globulare

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: global
* → Turkish: global

### Further reading

* “global”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Adjective

global m or f (plural globais)
* global

#### Derived terms

* globalismo
* globalista
* globalizar
* globalmente

#### Related terms

* globo

### Further reading

* “global”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

global (strong nominative masculine singular globaler, not comparable)
* global (worldwide)
    Synonym: weltweit
    Antonyms: lokal, regional

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “global” in Duden online
* “global” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch globaal, from French global, globe, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈɡlobal/ [ˈɡlo.bal]
* Rhymes: -obal
* Syllabification: glo‧bal

### Adjective

global
* general, not precise, rough
    Synonym: kasar
* global, worldwide
    Synonym: mendunia

#### Derived terms

* mengglobal (“to go global, be globalized”)

#### Related terms

* globe
* globus

### Further reading

* “global” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From the noun globus.

### Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)
* global

#### Synonyms

* verdensomspennende

#### Derived terms

* global oppvarming

### References

* “global” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the noun globus.

### Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)
* global

#### Derived terms

* global oppvarming

### References

* “global” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Adjective

global m (feminine singular globala, masculine plural globals, feminine plural globalas)
* global (concerning all parts of the world)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡloˈbaw/ [ɡloˈbaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡluˈbal/ [ɡluˈβaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡluˈbal/ [ɡluˈβaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡluˈba.li/ [ɡluˈβa.li]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: glo‧bal

### Etymology 1

From globo (“globe”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

#### Adjective

global m or f (plural globais)
* global (concerning all parts of the world)
    Synonym: mundial
* (computing, of a variable) global (accessible by all parts of a program)

##### Derived terms

* globalizar
* globalmente

### Etymology 2

From Globo +‎ -al.

#### Adjective

global m or f (plural globais)
* (Brazil, of artists) working, having worked, or with potential to work, with Globo (Brazilian television network)
    uma atriz global ― a Globo actress
* (Brazil) of or relating to Globo

### Further reading

* “global”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French global. Equivalent to glob +‎ -al.

### Adjective

global m or n (feminine singular globală, masculine plural globali, feminine and neuter plural globale)
* global

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡloˈbal/ [ɡloˈβ̞al]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: glo‧bal

### Adjective

global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globales)
* global (concerning all parts of the world)
    Synonym: mundial
    Antonym: local

#### Derived terms

* aldea global
* calentamiento global
* enfriamiento global
* globalizar
* globalmente
* resultado global
* sistema de posicionamiento global

#### Related terms

* globo

### Noun

global m (plural globales)
* (sports) aggregate (the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores)
    Synonym: resultado global

### Further reading

* “global”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

glob +‎ -al

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

global (not comparable)
* global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* globalisera

### Further reading

* global in Svensk ordbok.