circa

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːkə/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝkə/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
  • Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition[edit]

circa

  1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
    Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.

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Czech[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

circa

  1. circa, approximately
    Synonym: cca

Further reading[edit]

  • circa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • circa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪr.kaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition[edit]

circa

  1. circa: about, approximately

Adverb[edit]

circa

  1. circa: about, approximately

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

circa

  1. approximately, about

German[edit]

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circa

  1. circa
    Synonyms: etwa, ungefähr

Further reading[edit]

  • circa” in Duden online
  • circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin circā.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ka/
  • Rhymes: -irka
  • Hyphenation: cìr‧ca

Preposition[edit]

circa

  1. regarding, concerning

Adverb[edit]

circa

  1. about, approximately

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A later form for circum, or from circum + .

The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.

Adverb[edit]

circā (not comparable)

  1. around; about
  2. on both sides

Preposition[edit]

circā (+ accusative)

  1. around; near; about
  2. regarding, concerning
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ephesii.6.22:
      quem misi ad vos in hoc ipsum ut cognoscatis quae circa nos sunt et consoletur corda vestra
      Whom I have sent to you for this very thing, so that you can know things that are about us, and so that he can comfort your hearts.
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References[edit]
  • circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • circa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • circa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Etymology 2[edit]

Ultimately related to etymology 1. Sense 4 is only attested in the form cerca(s); see there for more.

Noun[edit]

circa f (genitive circae); first declension (Medieval Latin)[1][2]

  1. patrol, watch
  2. episcopal visit
  3. inquiry, inquest
  4. defensive enclosure, moat
References[edit]
  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “2. circa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 180
  2. ^ Blaise, Albert (1975), “circa”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 178

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Adverb[edit]

circa

  1. approximately, about, or so
    Synonym: cam

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin circā.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾka/ [ˈθiɾ.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾka/ [ˈsiɾ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -iɾka
  • Syllabification: cir‧ca

Preposition[edit]

circa

  1. circa

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