circa

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɜːkə/, X-SAMPA: /"s3:k@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɝkə/, X-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) (okolo), приблизително (bg) (priblizitelno)
• Catalan: circa (ca)
• 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/, X-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