βιόσφαιρα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French biosphère from bio- < Ancient Greek βιο- + -sphère < Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra)[1] Morphologically, from βιο- + -σφαιρα.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈo.sfe.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: βι‧ό‧σφαι‧ρα

Noun

βιόσφαιρα (viósfaira) f (plural βιόσφαιρες)

  1. biosphere

Declension

  • ατμόσφαιρα f (atmósfaira, atmosphere)
  • γεώσφαιρα f (geósfaira, geosphere)
  • and see: σφαίρα f (sfaíra, sphere; bullet) & -σφαιρα

References

  1. βιόσφαιρα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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