# glob
## English
### Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Possibly a blend of blob +‎ gob or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, blob, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.)
In the programming sense, originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; short for global.
In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ɡlɑb/
* (UK) IPA: /ɡlɒb/
* Rhymes: -ɑb, -ɒb

### Noun

glob (plural globs)
* A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
    He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
* (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
* (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.

#### Derived terms

* globby

#### See also

* Glob (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Verb

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
* To stick in globs or lumps.
    Paint was globbing off the wall.
* (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

### References

* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 359

### Further reading

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “glob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Blog, GLBO, LGBO, blog

## Malay
### Etymology

From English globe, from late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡlop]
* Rhymes: -op
* Hyphenation: glob

### Noun

glob (Jawi spelling ݢلوب)
* A globe (spherical model of Earth).

### Further reading

* “glob” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French globe. Doublet of globus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡlɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔp
* Syllabification: glob

### Noun

glob m inan (related adjective globowy)
* (countable, astronomy) globe, planet (large celestial body belonging to a planetary system)
    Synonym: planeta
    Hypernym: ciało niebieskie
* (uncountable) globe (planet on which people live; Earth in reference only to the planet without its gaseous envelope)
    Synonym: ziemia
    Hypernym: planeta

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “glob”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

### Further reading

* glob in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* glob in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* glob in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French globe, from Latin globus.

### Noun

glob n (plural globuri)
* globe (all senses)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

glob c
* a globe

#### Related terms

* global
* jordglob
* Globen = Stockholm Globe Arena