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globule

  • /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/ UK
  • /ˈɡlɑbjul/ US

Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒbjuːl, (General American) -ɑbjul

Where it comes from

From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).

noun globules

  1. A small round particle of substance; a drop. Suppoſe now that in a fair Day the Sun ſhines through a thin Cloud of ſuch globules of Water or Hail, and that the globules are all of the ſame bigneſs[…]

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noun a small round particle of substance; a drop

Españolglóbulo
Portuguêsglóbulo
Françaisglobule
Italianoglobulo
Русскийка́пля káplja, ша́рик šárik, крупи́нка krupínka

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"globule." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/globule. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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globule. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/globule

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"globule." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/globule.

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@misc{globule_2026,
  title = {globule},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/globule},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}