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See also: Circa
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝkə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
- Hyphenation: cir‧ca
Preposition
[edit]circa
- Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
- Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.
Translations
[edit]approximately, about, around
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]circa
- circa, approximately
- Synonym: cca
Further reading
[edit]- “circa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “circa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
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[edit]Preposition
[edit]circa
Adverb
[edit]circa
French
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German
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]circa
Further reading
[edit]- “circa” in Duden online
- “circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Italian
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[edit]Preposition
[edit]circa
Adverb
[edit]circa
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkir.kaː/, [ˈkɪrkäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ka/, [ˈt͡ʃirkä]
Etymology 1
[edit]A later form for circum, or from circum + eā.
The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.
Adverb
[edit]circā (not comparable)
Preposition
[edit]circā (+ 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
- Circa advenam manifestae reum caedis
- regarding, concerning
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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’s 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
Etymology 2
[edit]Ultimately related to etymology 1. Sense 4 is only attested in the form cerca(s); see there for more.
Noun
[edit]circa f (genitive circae); first declension (Medieval Latin)[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Latin circā.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]circa
- (literary) 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.
Further reading
[edit]- circa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- circa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]circa
- approximately, about, or so
- Synonym: cam
Spanish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾka/ [ˈθiɾ.ka]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsiɾka/ [ˈsiɾ.ka]
- Rhymes: -iɾka
- Syllabification: cir‧ca
Preposition
[edit]circa
Further reading
[edit]- “circa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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