circa

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɜːkə/, SAMPA: /"s3:k@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɝkə/, SAMPA: /"s3`k@/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)kə
• Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition

circa

1. approximately, about

   Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC

Usage notes

• Used only before a date or measure, never after
• Often abbreviated as ca., ca, or c., rarely as cca. or cir.

Translations

approximately, about

Arabic: حوالي (ar) (Hawaali) Bulgarian: около (bg), приблизително (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 大約 (cmn), 大约 (cmn) (dàyuē) Czech: přibližně (cs); cirka (cs); abbreviation cca. Danish: cirka (da) Dutch: circa (nl); abbreviation ca. Faroese: umleið (fo) (uml. (fo)) Finnish: noin (fi) French: (with a measure) environ (fr), (with a date) vers (fr) German: circa (de); abbreviations ca.; alternate form zirka

Hebrew: בקירוב (he) (be'qiruv) Icelandic: um það bil (is) (u.þ.b. (is)); circa (is), sirka (is) (ca. (is)) Italian: circa (it) Japanese: 約… (ja) (yaku), 大体… (ja) (daitai), …位 (ja) (kurai; gurai), …頃 (ja) (…ごろ, goro), およそ… (ja) (oyoso) Korean: ...경 (ko) (...頃, ...gyeong), 대략 (ko) (daelyak) Polish: około (pl); abbreviation ok. Portuguese: cerca de, aproximadamente (pt) Russian: приблизительно (ru) (priblizítel’no), примерно (ru) (primérno), около (ru) (ókolo) (+ genitive case) Spanish: cerca de, aproximadamente (es)

Anagrams

• craic

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

• ca.

Adverb

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

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French

Preposition

circa

1. approximately, about

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʃir.ka/, SAMPA: /"tSir.ka/
• Hyphenation: cìr‧ca

Preposition

circa

1. regarding, concerning

Adverb

circa

1. about, approximately

Anagrams

• ricca

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Latin

Adverb

circa (not comparable)

1. around; about

Preposition

circa + accusative case

1. around; near; about

Related terms

• circus

Descendants

• English: circa
• Italian: circa
• Portuguese: cerca
• Romanian: circa
• Spanish: circa, cerca

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Adverb

circa

1. approximately, about, or so

Synonyms

• cam