semicircular

See also: semi-circular

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ circular

Adjective

semicircular (not comparable)

1. In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.

Alternative forms

• semi-circular

Derived terms

• semicircular canal

 

Translations

in the shape of a semicircle

• Belarusian: паўкру́глы (paŭkrúhly)
• Bengali: অর্ধবৃত্তাকার (ordhobrittakar)
• Bulgarian: полукръгъл (polukrǎgǎl)
• Catalan: semicircular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半圓形／半圆形 (zh) (bànyuánxíng)

• French: demi-circulaire (fr), semi-circulaire (fr)
• German: halbkreisförmig (de)
• Gujarati: અર્ધવર્તુળાકાર (ardhavartuḷākār)
• Italian: semicircolare (it)
• Japanese: 半円形 (ja) (han'enkei)
• Korean: 반원형(半圓形) (ko) (banwonhyeong)
• Polish: półkolisty (pl) m
• Portuguese: semicircular (pt)
• Romanian: semicircular (ro)
• Russian: полукру́глый (ru) (polukrúglyj)
• Spanish: semicircular
• Swedish: semicirkulär (sv)
• Ukrainian: напівкру́глий (napivkrúhlyj)

Catalan

Etymology

From semicercle +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌsɛ.mi.sir.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌsɛ.mi.sir.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌse.mi.siɾ.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

semicircular m or f (masculine and feminine plural semicirculars)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semicircular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “semicircular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French semi-circulaire.

Adjective

semicircular m or n (feminine singular semicirculară, masculine plural semicirculari, feminine and neuter plural semicirculare)

1. semicircular

Declension

Declension of semicircular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	semicircular		semicirculară	semicirculari	semicirculare
	definite	semicircularul		semicirculara	semicircularii	semicircularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	semicircular		semicirculare	semicirculari	semicirculare
	definite	semicircularului		semicircularei	semicircularilor	semicircularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From semicírculo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /semiθiɾkuˈlaɾ/ [se.mi.θiɾ.kuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /semisiɾkuˈlaɾ/ [se.mi.siɾ.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧cir‧cu‧lar

Adjective

semicircular m or f (masculine and feminine plural semicirculares)

1. semicircular

Further reading

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