sirkel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch cirkel, from Middle Dutch cirkel, from Latin circulus or Old French cercle, itself from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsər.kəl/

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Noun

sirkel (plural sirkels, diminutive sirkeltjie)

1. (geometry) circle

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English circle, from Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsirkəl/ [ˈsir.kəl]
• Rhymes: -irkəl
• Syllabification: sir‧kel

Noun

sirkel (plural sirkel-sirkel)

1. (colloquial) circle (specific group of persons)

Further reading

• “sirkel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

sirkel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circulus.

Noun

sirkel m (definite singular sirkelen, indefinite plural sirkler, definite plural sirklene)

1. a circle (two-dimensional outline geometric figure)

Derived terms

• breddesirkel
• halvsirkel
• ond sirkel
• polarsirkel
• sirkelrund
• sirkelsag
• steinsirkel
• storsirkel
• voldssirkel

Related terms

• sirkle

References

• “sirkel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circulus.

Noun

sirkel m (definite singular sirkelen, indefinite plural sirklar, definite plural sirklane)

1. a circle (two-dimensional outline geometric figure)

Derived terms

• halvsirkel
• polarsirkel
• sirkelrund
• sirkelsag
• steinsirkel
• storsirkel

References

• “sirkel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.