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See also: Circa

English

Alternative forms

(abbreviations):

ca., ca, c.
cca., cir., circ. (rare)

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.Category:English terms with usage examples#CIRCA
- 2011 January 27, Michael Crowley, “Decision Time for Senator John Thune”, in TIME:
  Political talent scouts have called South Dakota's John Thune "the Republican Obama" because his low profile, youth and presidential bearing recall the unknown Illinois Democrat circa January 2007.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CIRCA

Translations

approximately, about, around

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Arabic: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#CIRCA
Egyptian Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#CIRCA
Armenian: մոտ (hy) (mot)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CIRCA, մոտավորապես (hy) (motavorapes)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CIRCA
Bulgarian: около (bg) (okolo)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CIRCA, приблизително (bg) (priblizitelno)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CIRCA
Catalan: circa (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#CIRCA
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大約 / 大约 (zh) (dàyuē)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CIRCA Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CIRCA
Czech: přibližně (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#CIRCA, cirka (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#CIRCA
Danish: cirka (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#CIRCA
Dutch: circa (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#CIRCA
Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#CIRCA
Faroese: umleiðCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#CIRCA
Finnish: noin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CIRCA
French: (with a measure) environ (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#CIRCA, (with a date) vers (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#CIRCA
Georgian: დაახლოებით (daaxloebit)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CIRCA
German: ungefähr (de)Category:Terms with German translations#CIRCA, etwa (de)Category:Terms with German translations#CIRCA, um (de)Category:Terms with German translations#CIRCA, circa (de)Category:Terms with German translations#CIRCA, zirka (de)Category:Terms with German translations#CIRCA
Greek: περίπου (el) (perípou)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CIRCA, περ. (el) (per.)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CIRCA
Hebrew: בקירוב (be'qiruv)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CIRCA, בסביבות (be'svivot)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CIRCA
Hindi: लगभग (hi) m (lagbhag)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CIRCA, उमूमन (hi) m (umūman)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CIRCA, तक़रीबन (hi) m (taqrīban)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CIRCA
Hungarian: cirka (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CIRCA, körülbelül (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CIRCA, nagyjából (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CIRCA, hozzávetőleg (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CIRCA
Icelandic: um það bil (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#CIRCA, circa (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#CIRCA, sirkaCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CIRCA
Italian: circa (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#CIRCA
Japanese: 約… (ja) (yaku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CIRCA, 大体… (ja) (daitai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CIRCA, …位 (ja) (kurai; gurai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CIRCA, …頃 (ja) (…ごろ, goro)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CIRCA, およそ… (ja) (oyoso)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CIRCA
Korean: […] 경(頃) ([ … ] gyeong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CIRCA, 대략(大略) (ko) (daeryak)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CIRCA
Macedonian: о́колу (ókolu)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CIRCA, при́ближно (príbližno)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CIRCA, ци́рка (círka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CIRCA
Norwegian: cirka (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#CIRCA
Persian: حوالی (fa) (havâli-ye)Category:Terms with Persian translations#CIRCA
Polish: circa (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#CIRCA
Portuguese: cerca deCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CIRCA, aproximadamente (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#CIRCA
Russian: приблизи́тельно (ru) (priblizítelʹno)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CIRCA, приме́рно (ru) (primérno)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CIRCA, о́коло (ru) (ókolo)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CIRCA (+ genitive case)
Spanish: cerca deCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CIRCA, aproximadamente (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#CIRCA, circa (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#CIRCA
Swedish: cirka (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#CIRCA
Thai: ประมาณ (th) (bprà-maan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#CIRCA
Tibetan: ཡས་མས (yas mas)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#CIRCA
Turkish: aşağı yukarı (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#CIRCA
Udmurt: ог (og)Category:Terms with Udmurt translations#CIRCA
Vietnamese: khoảng (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CIRCA
Volapük: za (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#CIRCA

Anagrams

ARCIC, Ricca, craic

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Czech

Alternative forms

cirka

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:Czech terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:Czech terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪrka]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA

Adverb

circaCategory:Czech lemmas#CIRCA Category:Czech adverbs#CIRCA Category:Czech entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

circa, approximately
Synonym: cca

Dutch

Alternative forms

ca.
c.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:Dutch terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:Dutch terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪr.kaː/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA
Audio: (file)
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#CIRCA
Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition

circaCategory:Dutch lemmas#CIRCA Category:Dutch prepositions#CIRCA Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

circa: about, approximately

Adverb

circaCategory:Dutch lemmas#CIRCA Category:Dutch adverbs#CIRCA Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

circa: about, approximately
Synonyms: grofweg, pakweg, omstreeks, ongeveer, plusminus, ruwweg, zo'n, pak hem beet

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:French terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:French terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siʁ.ka/Category:French 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA

Preposition

circaCategory:French lemmas#CIRCA Category:French prepositions#CIRCA Category:French entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

approximately, about

German

Alternative forms

zirka

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪʁka]Category:German terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#CIRCA

Adverb

circaCategory:German lemmas#CIRCA Category:German adverbs#CIRCA Category:German entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

circa
Synonyms: etwa, ungefähr

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:Italian terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:Italian terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ka/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA
Rhymes: -irka Category:Rhymes:Italian/irka#CIRCA Category:Rhymes:Italian/irka/2 syllables#CIRCA
Hyphenation: cìr‧ca

Preposition

circaCategory:Italian lemmas#CIRCA Category:Italian prepositions#CIRCA Category:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

regarding, concerning

Adverb

circaCategory:Italian lemmas#CIRCA Category:Italian adverbs#CIRCA Category:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

about, approximately

Anagrams

craci, ricca

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.kaː]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.ka]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA

Etymology 1

A later form for circum, or from circum + eā.

The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.

Adverb

circā (not comparable)Category:Latin lemmas#CIRCA Category:Latin adverbs#CIRCA Category:Latin uncomparable adverbs#CIRCA Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

around; about
on both sides

Preposition

circāCategory:Latin lemmas#CIRCA Category:Latin prepositions#CIRCA Category:Latin accusative prepositions#CIRCA Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA (+ accusative)

around; near; about
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.7:
  Circa advenam manifestae reum caedis
  around the stranger accused of open murder
  Category:Latin terms with quotations#CIRCA
regarding, concerning
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Ephesii.6.22:
  quem misi ad vos in hoc ipsum ut cognoscatis quae circa nos sunt et consoletur corda vestra
  Whom I have sent to you for this very thing, so that you can know things that are about us, and so that he can comfort your hearts.
  Category:Latin terms with quotations#CIRCA

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Postposition

circāCategory:Latin lemmas#CIRCA Category:Latin postpositions#CIRCA Category:Latin ablative postpositions#CIRCA Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA (+ ablative)

by the reason of, on account of

Derived terms

quōcircā

Descendants

Asturian: cerca, cierca
Catalan: cerca, circa
Dutch: circa
English: circa
French: circa
German: circa
Italian: circa
Norwegian Bokmål: cirka
Portuguese: cerca
Romanian: circa
Sicilian: circa
Spanish: cerca, circa

References

“circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"circa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“circa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
circa in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Etymology 2

Ultimately related to etymology 1. Sense 4 is only attested in the form cerca(s); see there for more.

Noun

circa f (genitive circae)Category:Latin lemmas#CIRCA Category:Latin nouns#CIRCA Category:Latin first declension nouns#CIRCA Category:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#CIRCA Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Latin feminine nouns#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA; first declension (Medieval Latin Category:Medieval Latin#CIRCA)^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “2. circa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 180
↑ Blaise, Albert (1975), “circa”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 178

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Category:Polish terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:Polish unadapted borrowings from Latin#CIRCA Category:Polish terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sir.ka/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA
Audio: (file)
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#CIRCA
Rhymes: -irka Category:Rhymes:Polish/irka#CIRCA Category:Rhymes:Polish/irka/2 syllables#CIRCA
Syllabification: cir‧ca

Particle

circaCategory:Polish lemmas#CIRCA Category:Polish particles#CIRCA Category:Polish entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

(literary Category:Polish literary terms#CIRCA) circa, nearly, almost (in close approximation)
Synonyms: blisko, koło, mniej więcej, niespełna, niemal, około, prawie, w przybliżeniu

Na świecie żyje circa 9 mld ludzi. ― There are circa 9 billion people in the world.Category:Polish terms with usage examples#CIRCA

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:Romanian terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circa.

Adverb

circaCategory:Romanian lemmas#CIRCA Category:Romanian adverbs#CIRCA Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

approximately, about, or so
Synonym: cam

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Category:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#CIRCA Category:Spanish learned borrowings from Latin#CIRCA Category:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CIRCA circā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθiɾka/ [ˈθiɾ.ka] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA
IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾka/ [ˈsiɾ.ka] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CIRCA Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCA
Rhymes: -iɾka Category:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾka#CIRCA Category:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾka/2 syllables#CIRCA
Syllabification: cir‧ca

Preposition

circaCategory:Spanish lemmas#CIRCA Category:Spanish prepositions#CIRCA Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CIRCA Category:Pages with entries#CIRCA Category:Pages with 10 entries#CIRCA

circa

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Dutch

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French

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German

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Italian

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Romanian

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