circa

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.kə/
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• General-American: /ˈsɜɹ.kə/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kə
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circālbor. English circa Learned borrowing from Latin circā.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī) — approximately, about, around
• Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī) — approximately, about, around
• Armenian: մոտ (mot) — approximately, about, around
• Armenian: մոտավորապես (motavorapes) — approximately, about, around
• Bulgarian: около (okolo) — approximately, about, around
• Bulgarian: приблизително (priblizitelno) — approximately, about, around
• Catalan: circa — approximately, about, around
• Chinese Mandarin: 大約 /大约 (dàyuē) — approximately, about, around
• Czech: přibližně — approximately, about, around
• Czech: cirka — approximately, about, around
• Danish: cirka — approximately, about, around
• Dutch: circa — approximately, about, around
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ — approximately, about, around
• Faroese: umleið — approximately, about, around
• Finnish: noin — approximately, about, around
• French: environ — approximately, about, around
• French: vers — approximately, about, around
• Georgian: დაახლოებით (daaxloebit) — approximately, about, around
• German: ungefähr — approximately, about, around
• German: etwa — approximately, about, around
• German: um — approximately, about, around
• German: circa — approximately, about, around
• German: zirka — approximately, about, around
• Greek: περίπου (perípou) — approximately, about, around
• Greek: περ. (per.) — approximately, about, around
• Hebrew: בקירוב (be'qiruv) — approximately, about, around
• Hebrew: בסביבות (be'svivot) — approximately, about, around
• Hindi: लगभग (lagbhag) — approximately, about, around
• Hindi: उमूमन (umūman) — approximately, about, around
• Hindi: तक़रीबन (taqrīban) — approximately, about, around
• Hungarian: cirka — approximately, about, around
• Hungarian: körülbelül — approximately, about, around
• Hungarian: nagyjából — approximately, about, around
• Hungarian: hozzávetőleg — approximately, about, around
• Icelandic: um það bil — approximately, about, around
• Icelandic: circa — approximately, about, around
• Icelandic: sirka — approximately, about, around
• Italian: circa — approximately, about, around
• Japanese: 約... (yaku) — approximately, about, around
• Japanese: 大体... (daitai) — approximately, about, around
• Japanese: ...位 (kurai; gurai) — approximately, about, around
• Japanese: ...頃 (goro) — approximately, about, around
• Japanese: およそ... (oyoso) — approximately, about, around
• Korean: [...]경 — approximately, about, around
• Korean: 대략 (daeryak) — approximately, about, around
• Macedonian: о́колу (ókolu) — approximately, about, around
• Macedonian: при́ближно (príbližno) — approximately, about, around
• Macedonian: ци́рка (círka) — approximately, about, around
• Norwegian: cirka — approximately, about, around
• Persian: حوالی (havâli-ye) — approximately, about, around
• Polish: circa — approximately, about, around
• Portuguese: cerca de — approximately, about, around
• Portuguese: aproximadamente — approximately, about, around
• Russian: приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno) — approximately, about, around
• Russian: приме́рно (primérno) — approximately, about, around
• Russian: о́коло (ókolo) — approximately, about, around
• Spanish: cerca de — approximately, about, around
• Spanish: circa — approximately, about, around
• Swedish: cirka — approximately, about, around
• Thai: ประมาณ (bprà-maan) — approximately, about, around
• Tibetan: ཡས་མས (yas mas) — approximately, about, around
• Turkish: aşağı yukarı — approximately, about, around
• Udmurt: ог (og) — approximately, about, around
• Vietnamese: khoảng — approximately, about, around
• Volapük: za — approximately, about, around