Polyglot Dictionary

hémisphère

/e.mis.fɛʁ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les hémisphères

Meaning

  1. hemisphere

    • L'Australie est dans l'hémisphère sud.

      Australia is in the southern hemisphere.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Halbkugel

Halbkugel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hemisphere."

Spanish

hemisferio

hemisferio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hemisphere."

Portuguese

hemisfério

hemisfério is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hemisphere."

Practice

1 What does hémisphère mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'Australie est dans l'___ sud.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hémisphère?

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