circumspect

English

WOTD – 11 October 2009

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin circumspectō (“look around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.kəm.spɛkt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.kəm.spɛkt/

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Adjective

circumspect (comparative more circumspect, superlative most circumspect)

1. Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.

   Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.

Synonyms

• (carefully aware of all circumstances): cautious, chary, prudent, thoughtful, vigilant, wary

Derived terms

• circumspectly
• circumspective

Related terms

• circumspection

Translations

carefully aware of all circumstances

• Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen), предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv)
• Catalan: circumspecte
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 细心的 (zh), 慎重的 (zh)

• Czech: obezřetný m
• Danish: varsom, forsigtig
• Dutch: omzichtig (nl), behoedzaam (nl)
• Estonian: ettevaatlik
• Finnish: ympäripyöreä (fi)
• French: circonspect (fr)
• German: vorsichtig (de), umsichtig (de)
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• Greek: επιφυλακτικός (el) (epifylaktikós)
• Hungarian: körültekintő (hu)
• Italian: cauto (it) m, prudente (it) m or f
• Macedonian: претпазлив m (pretpazliv)
• Maori: pukumahara, whakatōngā
• Norwegian: omstendelig (no)
• Polish: ostrożny (pl)
• Portuguese: prudente (pt), cuidadoso (pt), cauteloso (pt), circunspecto (pt), circunspeto (pt)
• Russian: осмотрительный (ru) (osmotritelʹnyj), бди́тельный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: razborit (sh) m, promišljat, oprezan (sh), svjestan (sh)
• Spanish: circunspecto (es)