biosphere
/ˈbaɪəʊˌsfɪə(ɹ)/
biosphere noun: the part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
Noun
biosphere (plural biospheres)
- The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
- The totality of living organisms and their environment.
- Patavig is the second of the Macedon system's giant terrestrial planets, and by far the more interesting. Most of the surface is covered by a vast sea of liquid ammonia, in which a unique aquatic ammonia-based biosphere has developed. While the frozen continents are largely bereft of life, a rich...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Patavig
biosphere meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
biosphere in Hindi
- part of Earth capable of supporting life
- जीवमंडल jīvmaṇḍal
- totality of living organisms
- जीवमंडल jīvmaṇḍal
biosphere in Tamil
- உயிர்க்கோளம், உயிரினக் கோளம், உயிரிக்கோளம், பல்லுயிர்க் கோவை
biosphere in Bengali
- জীবমণ্ডল
biosphere in Malayalam
- part of Earth capable of supporting life
- ജൈവമണ്ഡലം jaivamaṇḍalaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- biosphere in Malay
- biosfera
- biosphere in Indonesian
- biosfer
- biosphere in Persian
- زیستکره zist-kore, زیستسپهر zist-sepehr
- biosphere in Vietnamese
- sinh quyển
Forms of biosphere
| plural | biospheres |
|---|
Origin of biosphere
Borrowed from German Biosphäre, coined by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in 1875. By surface analysis, bio- + -sphere.
Words formed from biosphere
Questions about biosphere
- What does biosphere mean?
- Biosphere means the part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
- What is biosphere in Hindi?
- Biosphere in Hindi is जीवमंडल (jīvmaṇḍal). See Biosphere meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is biosphere?
- Biosphere is a noun.
- How do you pronounce biosphere?
- Biosphere is pronounced /ˈbaɪəʊˌsfɪə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of biosphere?
- The plural of biosphere is biospheres.
Words near biosphere in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: biosphere (page history and authors); biosphere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); biosphere (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-biosphere.wav.
Cite this entry: “biosphere.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/biosphere. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.