crop circle

English

Noun

crop circle (plural crop circles)

1. An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO activity etc.

Synonyms

• corn circle

Translations

field of flattened crops

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 作物怪圈 (zuòwù guàiquān), 麥田怪圈／麦田怪圈 (zh) (màitián guàiquān), 麥田圈／麦田圈 (zh) (màitiánquān)

• Finnish: viljaympyrä
• French: agroglyphe (fr) m
• German: Kornkreis (de) m
• Greek: αγρογλυφικά f (agroglyfiká)
• Icelandic: akurhringir m pl
• Irish: fáinne arbhair m
• Italian: cerchio nel grano m
• Russian: круги́ на поля́х m pl (krugí na poljáx)

See also

• cereology
• cerealogy