orbe

orbe (plural orbes)

1. Obsolete spelling of orb.

orbe

1. partitive plural of orb

From Latin orbis.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁb/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁb

orbe m (plural orbes)

1. (obsolete) circle
2. orb (spherical body)
3. globus cruciger

• Is sometimes used as a feminine noun.

• “orbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• bore, robe, robé

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.be/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbe
• Hyphenation: òr‧be

Learned borrowing from Latin orbem.

orbe m (plural orbi) (literary)

1. (uncommon) circle (geometric figure)

   Synonyms: cerchio, circonferenza

2. (uncommon) sphere, globe

   Synonyms: globo, sfera

3. (astronomy, uncommon) orbit

   Synonym: globo

4. globe (the planet Earth)

   Synonym: globo

5. the Earth's inhabitants, as a mass
6. world

   Synonym: mondo

• orbita

• orbe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

orbe

1. feminine plural of orbo

• ebro, robe

orbe

1. vocative masculine singular of orbus

orbe m

1. ablative singular of orbis (“circle, ring”)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁbi, (Portugal) -ɔɾbɨ
• Hyphenation: or‧be

orbe m or (nonstandard) f (plural orbes)

1. orb (spherical body)

• “orbe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “orbe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin orbis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾbe/ [ˈoɾ.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -oɾbe
• Syllabification: or‧be

orbe m (plural orbes)

1. orb
2. world
3. globefish
4. mound (part of the regalia)

• “orbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• robe, robé