orbicular

English

WOTD – 6 September 2010

Etymology

From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə/, /ɔːˈbɪk.jʊ.lə/
• IPA^(key): /ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ/, /ɔɹˈbɪk.jə.lɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

orbicular (comparative more orbicular, superlative most orbicular)

1. Circular or spherical in shape; round.
   • 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:

     […] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; […]

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:orbicular.

Related terms

• orb
• orbicularly
• orbicularity

Translations

circular or spherical in shape

• Armenian: կլորաձև (hy) (klorajew), գնդակերպ (hy) (gndakerp), կլոր (hy) (klor)
• Finnish: kehämäinen
• French: orbiculaire (fr), sphérique (fr)
• German: orbikular, kugelförmig (de)
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• Italian: sferico (it)
• Russian: кру́глый (ru) (krúglyj), сферический (ru) (sferičeskij), шарообразный (ru) (šaroobraznyj), сфероидальный (ru) (sferoidalʹnyj)
• Spanish: orbicular, esférico (es)

Anagrams

• courbaril

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Romanian

Etymology

From French orbiculaire, from Latin orbicularis.

Adjective

orbicular m or n (feminine singular orbiculară, masculine plural orbiculari, feminine and neuter plural orbiculare)

1. orbicular

Declension

Declension of orbicular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	orbicular		orbiculară	orbiculari	orbiculare
	definite	orbicularul		orbiculara	orbicularii	orbicularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	orbicular		orbiculare	orbiculari	orbiculare
	definite	orbicularului		orbicularei	orbicularilor	orbicularelor

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Spanish

Adjective

orbicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbiculares)

1. orbicular

Derived terms

• músculo orbicular

Noun

orbicular m (plural orbiculares)

1. orbicular muscle

Derived terms

• orbicular de los párpados

Further reading

• “orbicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014