Lobe Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Hyponyms
    • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3.3 Related terms
    • 1.3.4 Translations
    • 1.3.5 External links
    • 1.3.6 See also
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 French
  • 2.1 Verb

English

Etymology

From French lobe < New Latin lobus (“a lobe”) < Ancient Greek λοβός (lobos, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

lobe (plural lobes)

1. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
2. (anatomy) A division of the brain.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lobe

Derived terms

• frontal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• temporal lobe
• trilobite

Related terms

• lobotomy

External links

• lobe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lobe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

See also

• (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe

Anagrams

• bole

French

Verb

lobe

1. first-person singular present indicative of lober.
2. third-person singular present indicative of lober.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober.
5. second-person singular imperative of lober.

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