semicircle

See also: semi-circle

English

semicircle (1)

semicircle (2)

Etymology

semi- +‎ circle

Noun

semicircle (plural semicircles)

1. Half of a circle.
2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.

   Synonym: graphometer

3. (soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.

   Synonyms: penalty arc, the D

Translations

half of a circle

• Armenian: կիսաշրջան (hy) (kisašrǰan)
• Asturian: semicírculu m
• Azerbaijani: yarımdairə
• Belarusian: паўкру́г m (paŭkrúh), паўко́ла n (paŭkóla)
• Bengali: অর্ধবৃত্ত (bn) (ordhobritto)
• Bulgarian: полукръг (polukrǎg)
• Carpathian Rusyn: піл'коля (pilʺkolja)
• Catalan: semicercle (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半圓／半圆 (zh) (bànyuán)

• Estonian: poolring
• Faroese: hálvringur m, hálvsirkul m
• Finnish: puoliympyrä (fi)
• French: demi-cercle (fr) m
• Galician: semicírculo (gl) m
• German: Halbkreis (de) m
• Greek: ημικύκλιο (el) n (imikýklio)

  Ancient: ἡμικύκλιον n (hēmikúklion)

• Hebrew: חֲצִי עִגּוּל m (khatsí igúl)
• Hungarian: félkör (hu)
• Italian: semicerchio (it) m
• Japanese: 半円 (ja) (han'en)
• Korean: 반원(半圓) (ko) (banwon)
• Lao: ເຄິ່ງວົງກົມ (khœng wong kom)
• Latin: sēmicirculus m, hēmicyclium n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvsirkel m

  Nynorsk: halvsirkel m

• Occitan: semicercle m
• Persian: نیمدایره (fa) (nimdâyere), نیمگرد (nimgerd)
• Polish: półkole (pl) n, półokrąg m
• Portuguese: semicírculo (pt) m
• Romanian: semicerc (ro) n
• Russian: полукру́г (ru) m (polukrúg)
• Sanskrit: वृत्तार्ध (sa) (vṛttārdha)
• Spanish: semicírculo (es) m
• Swedish: halvcirkel (sv) c
• Tagalog: hatimbilog, balinugnog
• Thai: ครึ่งวงกลม (th) (krʉ̂ng-wong-glom)
• Ukrainian: півко́ло n (pivkólo)
• Welsh: hanner cylch m

graphometer — see graphometer

penalty arc — see penalty arc

Verb

semicircle (third-person singular simple present semicircles, present participle semicircling, simple past and past participle semicircled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To travel or move around in a semicircle.

See also

• semicircular