Meanings
nounlobe (plural lobes)
plural lobes
- Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.
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He then broke the kola nut and threw one of the lobes on the ground for the ancestors.
1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 19, in Things Fall Apart, London: Heinemann, →OCLC - anatomyA clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung.
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The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847 - figure skatingA semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leb-
- Proto-Indo-European*lobós
- Proto-Hellenic*lobós?
- Ancient Greekλοβός (lobós)
- Latinlobus
- Englishlobe
From Middle French lobe in early 16th century, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).
More words from Middle French, New Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λοβός, λοβός
- λοβός (lobós)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- λοβός (lobós)division of the brain
- λοβός (lobós)division of the lung
- λοβός (lobós)division of the liver
Bulgarian изпъкналост
- изпъкналост (izpăknalost)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
Catalan lòbul
- lòbuldivision of the brain
Chinese Mandarin 一坨, 一團 /一团
- 一坨 (yītuó)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- 一團 /一团 (yītuán)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- 腦葉 /脑叶 (nǎoyè)division of the brain
- 肺葉 /肺叶 (fèiyè)division of the lung
- 肝葉 /肝叶 (gānyè)division of the liver
Czech lalok
- lalokdivision of the brain
Danish lap, hjernelap
- lapdivision of the brain
- hjernelapdivision of the brain
Dutch lob, lel
- lobany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- lelany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- kwabdivision of the brain
Esperanto lobo
- lobodivision of the brain
Finnish kieleke, aivolohko
- kielekeany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- aivolohkodivision of the brain
- keuhkolohkodivision of the lung
- maksalohkodivision of the liver
French lobe, lobe
- lobeany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- lobedivision of the brain
German Ausformung, Vorsprung
- Ausformungany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Vorsprungany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Zipfelany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Keuleany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Lobusany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Zungeany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Schwemmfächerany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Mündungsfächerany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Sedimentfächerany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Fortsatzany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Formelementany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- Hirnlappendivision of the brain
Greek λοβός, λοβός
- λοβός (lovós)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- λοβός (lovós)division of the brain
- λοβός (lovós)division of the lung
- λοβός (lovós)division of the liver
Hungarian lebeny, lebeny
- lebenydivision of the brain
- lebenydivision of the lung
- tüdőlebenydivision of the lung
- lebenydivision of the liver
Icelandic blað
- blaðdivision of the brain
Irish maothán, bog
- maothánany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- bogany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- liopaany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
Italian lobo, lobo
- loboany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- lobodivision of the brain
Māori toke, hoi
- tokeany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- hoiany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
Persian لپ
- لپ (lap)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
Polish płat, płat
- płatany projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- płatdivision of the brain
Portuguese lobo
- lobodivision of the brain
Romanian lob
- lobdivision of the brain
Russian лепесто́к, до́ля
- лепесто́к (lepestók)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
- до́ля (dólja)division of the brain
Spanish lóbulo
- lóbulodivision of the brain
Swedish lob
- lobdivision of the brain
Yiddish לעפּל
- לעפּל (lepl)any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lobe
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APA
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“lobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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