circle (English)

Etymology

From

la

circulus. Replaced Middle English cercle from Old French.

Pronunciation

  • - /ˈsɜrkəl/,

    /"s3rk@l/

  • * - ˈsɜː.kəɫ,

    "s3:.k@5

  • * - ˈsɝ.kəɫ,

    "s3`.k@5

  • * en-us-circle.ogg
  • Rhymes: ɜː(r)kəl
  • - cle

    • Noun

    : A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from another point.

    A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance from another point.

    Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.

  • Put on your dunce-cap and sit down on that circle.

    • A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.

  • move in a circle

    • Orbit.

    A specific group of persons.

  • inner circle
  • circle of friends

    • * 1922, - The Velveteen Rabbit

    *: The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.

    A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field_restrictions in a one-day_match.

    Wicca

    A ritual circle that is casted three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other itmes used for worship

    Synonyms

  • (two-dimensional outline geometric figure): coil (not in mathematical use), ring (not in mathematical use), loop (not in mathematical use)
  • (two-dimensional solid geometric figure): disc/disk (in mathematical and general use), round (not in mathematical use; UK & Commonwealth only)
  • (curve): arc, curve
  • (orbit): orbit

    • Derived terms

  • arctic_circle

    • Related terms

  • circular
  • circularity
  • circulate
  • circus

    • Translations

    two-dimensional outline geometric figure

  • Albanska - rreth
  • Arabic:

    دائرة

    (dā’ira)
  • : Egyptian_Arabic - ديرة|f|tr=dayira|sc=Arab
  • Armenian - շրջանագիծ|tr=šrǰanagiç
  • Aromanian - tserclju
  • Basque - zirkulu
  • Bengali - বৃত্ত
  • Breton - kelc'h|m
  • Bulgarian: окръжност (okrăžnost)
  • Catalan: cercle
  • Chamicuro - na'tepelejka
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 圓形|sc=Hani, - 圆形|tr=yuánxíng|sc=Hani, - 圈子|tr=quānzi|sc=Hani, - 圓圈|sc=Hani, - 圆圈|tr=yuánquān|sc=Hani

    informal

  • Kroatiska - kružnica
  • Tjeckiska - kružnice
  • Dalmatian - circol
  • Danska - cirkel
  • Holländska - cirkel
    • , kring
  • Esperanto - cirklo|xs=Esperanto
  • Estniska - ring
  • Finska - ympyrä
  • Franska - cercle
  • Georgian - წრე|tr=ts‘re|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Kreis
  • Greek:
  • : Ancient - κύκλος|m|tr=kuklos|sc=polytonic|xs=Ancient Greek
  • Grekiska - κύκλος
  • Haitian Creole - sèk
  • Hebrew - מעגל|m|tr=ma'agál
  • Hindiska - वृत्त
  • Ungerska - kör
  • Isländska - hringur
  • Ido - cirklo|xs=Ido
  • Indonesiska - lingkaran
  • Irländska - ciorcal
  • Italienska - cerchio

    • خڕ

  • Latin - circulus|m, - circus|m
  • Latvian: riņķis
  • Lithuanian: apskritimas
  • Low German - Kring
  • Luxembourgish - Krees|m
  • Malaysiska - bulatan
  • Malayalam: വട്ടം (vattam), വൃത്തം (vrutham)
  • Maltesiska - ċirku
  • Manx - kiarkyl|m

  • mi

  • Mongolian: дугуй (duguy)
  • Norska - sirkel
  • Persian:

    دایره

  • Polska - okrąg
  • Portugisiska - círculo
  • Quechua: diyosuun
  • Rumänska - cerc
  • Ryska - окружность
    • , круг (окружность preferred)
  • Sanskrit - चक्र|n|tr=cakrá|xs=Sanskrit, - वर्तुल|n|tr=vartula|xs=Sanskrit, - मण्डल|n|tr=máṇḍala|xs=Sanskrit
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruinne - gd|cearcall|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovakiska - kružnica
  • Slovene: krožnica
  • Spanska - círculo
  • Svenska - cirkel
  • Tagalog: bilog
  • Tamil - வட்டம்|xs=Tamil
  • Telugu - వృత్తము
  • Thai:

    แหวน

    (wăen)
  • Turkiska - daire
  • Urdu - دائرہ|sc=ur-Arab
  • Vietnamesiska - vòng tròn
  • Walesiska - cylch

    • disc, two-dimensional solid geometric figure

  • Arabic:

    دائرة

    (dā’ira)
  • Armenian - շրջան|tr=šrǰan
  • Breton - kelc'h|m
  • Bulgarian: кръг (krăg)
  • Catalan: disc
  • Chinese: 圓, 圆 (yuán)
  • Tjeckiska - kruh
  • Danska - cirkel
  • Holländska - cirkel
  • Finska - ympyrä
  • Franska - disque
  • Georgian - წრე|tr=ts‘re|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Grekiska - κύκλος
  • Hebrew - מעגל|m|tr=ma'agál, - עיגול|m|tr=igúl, - דיסקה|f|tr=díska
  • Hungarian: körlap
  • Irländska - ciorcal
  • Italienska - disco
  • Japanese: 円形のもの (えんけいのもの, enkei no mono)
  • Latin - circulus|m
  • Polska - koło
  • Portugisiska - círculo
  • Ryska - круг
    • , окружность (круг preferred)
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruinne - gd|cearcall|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovakiska - kruh
  • Slovenska - krog
  • Spanska - círculo
  • Svenska - cirkel
    • , cirkelskiva
  • Thai:

    ดวง

    (duang)

    • three-dimensional geometric figure

  • Armenian - շրջան|tr=šrǰan, - կլորակ|tr=klorak
  • Chinese: 球, 球 (qiú)
  • Finska - ympyrä
  • Georgian: წრე (ts‘re)
  • Grekiska - σφαίρα
  • Hebrew - כדור|m|tr=kadúr
  • Ungerska - gömb
  • Irländska - ciorcal
  • Italienska - sfera
  • Latin - orbis|m
  • Portugisiska - disco
    • , círculo
  • Ryska - диск
    • , круг
  • Scottish Gaelic - cearcall|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - esfera
  • Svenska - cirkel
    • , ring
  • Thai:

    วงกลม

    (wong-glom)

    • curve

  • Armenian - շրջան|tr=šrǰan
  • Breton - kelc'h|m
  • Bulgariska - кръг
  • Chinese: 弧, 弧 (hú)
  • Danska - cirkel
  • Holländska - kring
  • Finska - kaari
  • Finska - ympyrä
  • Georgian - მრუდე ხაზი|tr=mrude xazi|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Kreis
  • Grekiska - καμπύλη
  • Hebrew - סיבוב|m|tr=sivúv
  • Italienska - curva
  • Portugisiska - círculo
  • Ryska - круг
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuarsgag - cearcall|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - curva
  • Svenska - cirkel
  • Thai:

    ทางโค้ง

    (taang kóhng)

    • orbit

  • Armenian - ուղեծիր|tr=uġeçir
  • Breton - kelc'h|m
  • Bulgariska - орбита
  • Catalan: òrbita
  • Chinese: 軌道, 轨道 (guǐ dào)
  • Danska - kredsløb
  • Holländska - baan
  • Finnish: rata#Finnish|rata (2)
  • Georgian - ორბიტი|tr=orbiti|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Grekiska - τροχιά
  • Hebrew - מסלול|m|tr=maslúl
  • Italienska - orbita
  • Latin - orbis|m
  • Malayalam: ഭ്രമണ_പഥം (bhramaNa patham)
  • Portugisiska - círculo
  • Ryska - орбита
  • Scottish Gaelic - cearcall|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovene: krožnica
  • Spanska - órbita
  • Telugu - కక్ష్య

    • group of persons

  • Arabic:

    حلقة

    (ħálqa)
  • Armenian - շրջապատ|tr=šrǰapat
  • Breton - kelc'h|m
  • Bulgariska - кръг
  • Bulgariska - кръжец
  • Chinese: 圈子, 圈子 (quān zi)
  • Tjeckiska - kruh
  • Dalmatian - circol
  • Danska - kreds
  • Holländska - kring
    • , groep
  • Esperanto - rondo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - piiri
  • Georgian - წრე|tr=ts‘re|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Zirkel
  • Grekiska - κύκλος
  • Hebrew - חוג|m|tr=khug
  • Italienska - circolo
    • , gruppo
  • Japanese: サークル (sākuru)
  • Latin - corona|f
  • Malayalam: വൃത്തം (vrutham)
  • Polska - krąg
    • , koło
  • Portugisiska - círculo
  • Ryska - круг
    • , кружок
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhlan - cearcall|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovenska - krog
  • Spanska - círculo
    • , grupo
  • Svenska - krets

    • id

    : lingkar|lingkaran, bundar|bundaran

  • ia

    : circulo

    • la

    : circulus , circulum , orbis

    ro

    : cerc

    Verb

    circl|ing

    To travel around along a curved path.

    To surround.

    To place or mark a circle around.

  • Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.

    • To travel in circles.

  • Vultures circled overhead.

    • Derived terms

  • circle_the_drain

    • Translations

    travel around along a curved path

  • Bulgariska - кръжа
  • Chinese: 運轉, 运转 (yùn zhuǎn)
  • Dutch: omcirkelen
  • Finska - kiertää
  • Franska - cercler
  • German: umkreisen
  • Hebrew - סב|tr=sav
  • Italienska - cerchiare
  • Japanese: 回る (まわる, mawaru), 回転する (かいてんする, kaiten suru)
  • Polska - objeżdżać
    • , obchodzić, okrążać
  • Portugisiska - circular
  • Ryska - кружить
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuairtich|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanish: moverse en círculo
  • Telugu - చుట్టివచ్చుట|tr=cuttivaccuta|sc=Telu

    • surround

  • Bulgariska - заобикалям
  • Chinese: 圍著, 围着 (wéi zhe)
  • Danska - omkredse
  • Dutch: omcirkelen
  • Finska - ympäröidä
  • Franska - entourer
    • , encercler
  • German: umkreisen, einkreisen
  • Haitian Creole - ansèkle
  • Hebrew - הקיף|tr=hikíf
  • Ungerska - körülvesz
  • Italienska - circondare
  • Polska - okrążyć
  • Portugisiska - circundar
    • , cercar
  • Ryska - окружать
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuairtich|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - rodear
  • Svenska - omge
    • , ringa in, ringa in
  • Telugu - చుట్టుముట్టు|tr=cuttumuttu|sc=Telu

    • place or mark a circle around

  • Chinese: 畫圓圈, 画圆圈 (huà yuán quān)
  • Danska - sætte ring om
  • Dutch: omcirkelen
  • Finnish: ympäröidä, ympyröidä (draw a circle)
  • Franska - encercler
  • German: einkreisen
  • Hebrew - הקיף בעיגול|tr=hikíf b'igúl
  • Ungerska - bekarikáz
  • Irish: ciorclaigh
  • Italienska - cerchiare
  • Polska - zakreślić
  • Portugisiska - circular
  • Slovak: zakrúžkovať
  • Spanska - circular
  • Svenska - ringa in
    • , inringa

    travel in circles

  • Bulgariska - обикалям
  • Chinese: 旋轉, 旋转 (xuán zhuǎn)
  • Czech: kroužit
  • Holländska - cirkelen
  • Tyska - kreisen
  • Hebrew - הסתובב|tr=histovév
  • Ungerska - köröz
  • Italienska - ruotare
    • , roteare
  • Japanese: 周遊する (しゅうゆうする, shūyū-suru)
  • Polska - krążyć
    • , kołować
  • Portugisiska - circular
  • Ryska - кружиться
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuairtich|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovak: krúžiť
  • Spanish: moverse en círculo
  • Svenska - cirkla
    • , kretsa

    br

    : kelc'hiañ, gronnañ

  • id

    : keliling|mengelilingi, kitar|mengitari

  • ia

    : circular

    • ro

    : încercui

    Anagrams

  • cleric#English|cleric
    • zh-min-nan:circle simple:circle

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