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See also: circum
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Prefix[edit]
circum-
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
prefix meaning "around"
See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
circum-
Derived terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Combining form of circum (“round about”, “in a circle around”, adverb and preposition).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kum/, [kɪrkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kum/, [t͡ʃirkum]
Prefix[edit]
circum-
- circum- (round, about)
Usage notes[edit]
- Derivations of this suffix frequently occur divisim.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “circum III”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circum-” on page 318/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Prefix[edit]
circum-
- circum- (around)
Usage notes[edit]
Circum- with a hyphen is used before M, N, H and vowels, otherwise circun- with no hyphen is used.
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (turn)
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:Medicine
- en:Circle
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian lemmas
- Italian prefixes
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin prefixes
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prefixes