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circle

name · noun · verb · 40 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈsɜɹkəl/
  • General-American: sûrʹ-kəl
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːkəl/
  • Scotland: /ˈsɪɹkəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kəl
  • homophone: cercal (except Scotland)
  • CMU ARPABET: S ER1 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Erroneously thought to be on the Arctic Circle, which is 50 miles further north.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A town, the county seat of McCone County, Montana, United States. Named after a cattle brand in the form of a circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

the Circle line of the London Underground, originally the Inner Circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • The set of all points (x, y) such that (x − 1)2 + y2 = r2 is a circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conic section, shape

6

noun

Meaning 6

A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: coil, ring, loop

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disc, disk, round, coil, ring, loop

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Children, please join hands and form a circle.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Cut a circle out of that sheet of metal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The crank moves in a circle.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • inner circle
  • circle of friends
  • literary circle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bunch, gang, group

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

Synonym of doujin circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Japanese

Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bunch, gang, group, doujin circle

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The orbit of an astronomical body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A traffic circle or roundabout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Dundee, India, Philippines, South-Africa

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Compass; circuit; enclosure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indirect

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

A territorial division or district.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The ten Circles of the Holy Roman Empire were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

Examples

  • After working all night, she had circles under her eyes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

An event at which circling takes place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: University of Warwick slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To travel around along a curved path.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The wolves circled the herd of deer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To surround.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • A high fence circles the enclosure.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To place or mark a circle around.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To travel in circles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Vultures circled overhead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gyrate

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To take part in a magic circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion

Examples

  • I circled with that group for three years.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To participate in a game of circling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: University of Warwick slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

movement once around a course

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he drove an extra lap just for insurance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lap, circuit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: locomotion, travel

Narrower terms: pace lap, victory lap, lap of honour

31

noun

Meaning 31

any circular or rotating mechanism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the machine punched out metal circles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: round

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rotating mechanism

Narrower terms: disk, disc

32

noun

Meaning 32

a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they had excellent seats in the dress circle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dress circle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: seating, seats, seating room, seating area

33

noun

Meaning 33

street names for flunitrazepan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flunitrazepan, Rohypnol

34

noun

Meaning 34

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traffic circle, rotary, roundabout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: junction

35

noun

Meaning 35

an unofficial association of people or groups

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the smart set goes there
  • they were an angry lot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: set, band, lot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social group

Narrower terms: car pool, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp, cohort, conspiracy, confederacy, Four Hundred, horsy set, horsey set, jet set, party, company

36

noun

Meaning 36

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he calculated the circumference of the circle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ellipse, oval

Narrower terms: circle of curvature, osculating circle, circlet, equator, epicycle

37

noun

Meaning 37

something approximating the shape of a circle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the chairs were arranged in a circle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

38

verb

Meaning 38

form a circle around

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • encircle the errors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: encircle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

39

verb

Meaning 39

travel around something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • circle the globe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

Narrower terms: circumambulate, walk around, circumnavigate, compass, revolve around, circle around, circle round

40

verb

Meaning 40

move in circles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: circulate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

Narrower terms: orb, orbit, revolve, troll, loop

History

Etymology

From the standard noun circle.

Americanized form of German Zirkel.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulus Old French cerclebor. Middle English circle 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”). Compare also Old English ċircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source. By surface analysis, Latin circ(us) + -(u)le.

Across languages

Translations

445 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аикәагьежь (ajkwʼagjež) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Albanian: rreth — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Amharic: ክብ (kəb) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Arabic: دَائِرَة (dāʔira) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Arabic: ديرة (dayira) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Aragonese: cerclo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Armenian: շրջանագիծ (šrǰanagic) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Aromanian: tserclju — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Assamese: বৃত্ত (britto) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Asturian: círculu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Azerbaijani: dairə — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Basque: zirkulu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Belarusian: круг (kruh) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Belarusian: акру́жнасць (akrúžnascʹ) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Bengali: বৃত্ত (britto) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Breton: kelc'h — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Bulgarian: кръг (krǎg) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Bulgarian: окръ́жност (okrǎ́žnost) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Burmese: စကြာ (ca.kra) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Catalan: cercle — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Cebuano: lingin — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chamicuro: na'tepelejka — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chechen: го (go) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓形 /圆形 (yuánxíng) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圈子 (quānzi) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓圈 /圆圈 (yuánquān) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chuvash: ҫавра (śavra) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Chuvash: ҫавракӑш (śavrak̬ăš) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Czech: kruh — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Czech: kružnice — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Dalmatian: circol — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Danish: cirkel — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Dutch: cirkel — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Dutch: kring — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Egyptian: Sn-n:nw*W-V9 (šnw) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Esperanto: cirklo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Estonian: ring — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Finnish: ympyrä — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • French: cercle — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Friulian: cercli — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Galician: círculo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Georgian: წრე (c̣re) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • German: Kreis — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • German: Krääs — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Greek: κύκλος (kýklos) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ancient Greek: κύκλος (kúklos) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Haitian Creole: sèk — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Hawaiian: pōʻai — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Hebrew: מַעְגָּל (ma'agál) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Hindi: वृत्त (vŕtt) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Hungarian: kör — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Icelandic: hringur — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ido: cirklo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Indonesian: lingkaran — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ingrian: kruga — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ingush: гом (gom) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Interlingua: circulo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Irish: ciorcal — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Italian: cerchio — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Japanese: 円 (en) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Japanese: 丸 (maru) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Kannada: ವೃತ್ತ (vṛtta) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Kannada: ವರ್ತುಳ (vartuḷa) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Kazakh: шеңбер (şeñber) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Kazakh: дөңгелек (döñgelek) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Khmer: វង់មូល (vŭəng muul) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Khmer: មណ្ឌល (mŭəndŭəl) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Khmer: វង់ (vŭəng) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Kongo: nkongolo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Korean: 원 (won) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Korean: 동그라미 (donggeurami) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Central Kurdish: خڕ (xirr) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Northern Kurdish: çember — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Kyrgyz: тегерек (tegerek) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ladino: sirkolo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Lao: ກົງ (kong) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Lao: ແຫວນ (hǣun) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Latin: circulus — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Latin: circus — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Latvian: riņķis — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Lithuanian: apskritimas — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Low German: Kring — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Luxembourgish: Krees — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Macedonian: круг (krug) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Malay: bulatan — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Malayalam: വട്ടം (vaṭṭaṁ) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Malayalam: വൃത്തം (vr̥ttaṁ) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Maltese: ċirku — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Manx: kiarkyl — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Māori: porowhita — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Māori: porotaka — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Marathi: वर्तुळ (vartuḷ) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Marathi: गोल (gol) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Megleno-Romanian: țerc — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Mongolian: тойрог (tojrog) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Mongolian: дугуй (duguj) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Navajo: názbąs — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sirkel — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Occitan: cercle — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Odia: ବୃତ୍ତ (brutta) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Old English: trendel — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Old English: circul — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Oromo: geengoo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ossetian: зылд (zyld) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Pannonian Rusyn: круг (kruh) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Pashto: دايره (dāyrá) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Dari: دَایِرَه (dāyira) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Dari: حَلْقَه (halqa) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Dari: چَرْخ (čarx) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Iranian Persian: دایِرِه (dâyere) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Iranian Persian: حَلْقِه (halġe) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Iranian Persian: چَرْخ (čarx) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Middle Persian: 𐫝𐫍𐫡 — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Piedmontese: sercc — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Polish: okrąg — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Polish: krąg — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Portuguese: círculo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Quechua: diyosuun — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Quechua: muyu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Romanian: cerc — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Romansh: rudè — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Romansh: rudi — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Russian: окру́жность (okrúžnostʹ) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Russian: круг (krug) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sanskrit: चक्र (cakrá) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sanskrit: वर्तुल (vartula) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sanskrit: मण्डल (máṇḍala) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sardinian: chilciu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sardinian: círculu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sardinian: tzírculu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruinne — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuairt — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Scottish Gaelic: buail — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Scottish Gaelic: ràth — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearcall — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Serbo-Croatian: кру̑г — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Serbo-Croatian: кружница — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȗg — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Serbo-Croatian: kružnica — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Sicilian: circhiu — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Slovak: kruh — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Slovak: kružnica — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Slovene: krog — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Slovene: krožnica — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Somali: goob — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Southern Altai: тегерик (tegerik) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Southern Altai: тегелик (tegelik) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Spanish: círculo — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Spanish: circunferencia — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Swahili: duara — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Swedish: cirkel — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tagalog: bilog — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tajik: доира (doyira) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tajik: ҳалқа (halqa) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tamil: வட்டம் (vaṭṭam) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Telugu: వృత్తము (vr̥ttamu) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Thai: แหวน (wɛ̌ɛn) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Thai: วง (wong) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Thai: กง (gong) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tibetan: སྒོར་སྒོར (sgor sgor) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tibetan: སྒོར་དབྱིབས (sgor dbyibs) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Tocharian B: serke — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Turkish: daire — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Turkmen: tegelek — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ukrainian: круг (kruh) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Ukrainian: окру́жність (okrúžnistʹ) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Urdu: دائِرَہ (dāira) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Urdu: چَکْر (cakr) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Uyghur: دۈگلەك (düglek) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Uyghur: چەمبىرەك (chembirek) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Uyghur: گەردىش (gerdish) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Uzbek: aylana — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Uzbek: doira — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Venetan: sércio — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Vietnamese: vòng tròn — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Vietnamese: đường tròn — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Walloon: ceke — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Welsh: cylch — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Yakut: төгүрүмтэ (tögürümte) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Yiddish: קרײַז (krayz) — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Zazaki: daire — geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center
  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Armenian: կլորակ (klorak) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 球 (qiú) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Finnish: ympyrä — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Georgian: წრე (c̣re) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Hebrew: כדור (kadúr) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Hindi: गोला (golā) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Hungarian: gömb — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Irish: ciorcal — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Italian: sfera — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Latin: orbis — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Latvian: lode — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Malay: bulatan — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Polish: kula — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Portuguese: disco — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Portuguese: círculo — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Russian: диск (disk) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Russian: круг (krug) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearcall — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Spanish: esfera — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Swedish: cirkel — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Swedish: ring — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Thai: วงกลม (wong-glom) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Ukrainian: диск (dysk) — thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures
  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Breton: kelc'h — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Bulgarian: кръг (krǎg) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弧 (hú) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Danish: cirkel — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Dutch: kring — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Finnish: ympyränkaari — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Finnish: ympyrä — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Georgian: მრუდე ხაზი (mrude xazi) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • German: Kreis — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Greek: καμπύλη (kampýli) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Hebrew: סיבוב (sivúv) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Italian: curva — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Portuguese: círculo — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Russian: круг (krug) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuarsgag — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearcall — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Spanish: curva — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Swedish: cirkel — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Thai: ทางโค้ง (taang kóhng) — curve approximating part or all of a circle
  • Arabic: حَلْقَة (ḥalqa) — specific group of persons
  • Armenian: շրջապատ (šrǰapat) — specific group of persons
  • Armenian: խմբակ (xmbak) — specific group of persons
  • Azerbaijani: dərnək — specific group of persons
  • Breton: kelc'h — specific group of persons
  • Bulgarian: кръг (krǎg) — specific group of persons
  • Bulgarian: кръжец (krǎžec) — specific group of persons
  • Catalan: penya — specific group of persons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圈子 (quānzi) — specific group of persons
  • Crimean Tatar: tögerek — specific group of persons
  • Czech: kruh — specific group of persons
  • Czech: kroužek — specific group of persons
  • Dalmatian: circol — specific group of persons
  • Danish: kreds — specific group of persons
  • Dutch: kring — specific group of persons
  • Dutch: groep — specific group of persons
  • Esperanto: rondo — specific group of persons
  • Finnish: piiri — specific group of persons
  • Georgian: წრე (c̣re) — specific group of persons
  • German: Kreis — specific group of persons
  • German: Zirkel — specific group of persons
  • Greek: κύκλος (kýklos) — specific group of persons
  • Hawaiian: pōhai — specific group of persons
  • Hawaiian: pōʻai — specific group of persons
  • Hebrew: חוג (khug) — specific group of persons
  • Italian: circolo — specific group of persons
  • Italian: gruppo — specific group of persons
  • Italian: cenacolo — specific group of persons
  • Italian: congrega — specific group of persons
  • Italian: associazione — specific group of persons
  • Japanese: サークル (sākuru) — specific group of persons
  • Korean: 서클 (seokeul) — specific group of persons
  • Latin: corona — specific group of persons
  • Latvian: loks — specific group of persons
  • Malayalam: വൃത്തം (vr̥ttaṁ) — specific group of persons
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krets — specific group of persons
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krins — specific group of persons
  • Pashto: حلقه (halqá) — specific group of persons
  • Persian: جرگه (jerge) — specific group of persons
  • Polish: krąg — specific group of persons
  • Polish: koło — specific group of persons
  • Portuguese: círculo — specific group of persons
  • Russian: круг (krug) — specific group of persons
  • Russian: кружо́к (kružók) — specific group of persons
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhlan — specific group of persons
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearcall — specific group of persons
  • Slovene: krog — specific group of persons
  • Spanish: círculo — specific group of persons
  • Spanish: grupo — specific group of persons
  • Spanish: tertulia — specific group of persons
  • Spanish: mundillo — specific group of persons
  • Swedish: krets — specific group of persons
  • Thai: วง (wong) — specific group of persons
  • Thai: แวดวง (wɛ̂ɛt-wong) — specific group of persons
  • Thai: วงการ (wong-gaan) — specific group of persons
  • Ottoman Turkish: جمعیت (cemʼiyet) — specific group of persons
  • Ottoman Turkish: انجمن (encümen) — specific group of persons
  • Ottoman Turkish: محفل (mahfil) — specific group of persons
  • Urdu: حلقہ (halqa) — specific group of persons
  • Uyghur: كۇرۇژوك (kuruzhok) — specific group of persons
  • Uzbek: krujok — specific group of persons
  • Uzbek: toʻgarak — specific group of persons
  • Welsh: cylch — specific group of persons
  • Zazaki: helqa (diq) — specific group of persons
  • Zazaki: çalani (diq) — specific group of persons
  • Finnish: ympyrä — cricket: line comprising two semicircles joined by straight lines
  • Finnish: ympyrä — Wicca: ritual circle
  • French: cercle — Wicca: ritual circle
  • Spanish: circulo — Wicca: ritual circle
  • Finnish: kehä — compass; circuit; enclosure
  • Finnish: ympyrä — astronomy: instrument of observation
  • Zazaki: kom — astronomy: instrument of observation
  • Finnish: kehä — series ending where it begins, and repeating itself
  • Zazaki: doç — series ending where it begins, and repeating itself
  • Finnish: kehäpäätelmä — logic: form of argument
  • Dutch: kreits — territorial division or district
  • Finnish: piiri — territorial division or district
  • Finnish: piirikunta — territorial division or district
  • French: cercle — territorial division or district
  • German: Kreis — territorial division or district
  • Arabic: دَوَائِر تَحْتَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْن (dawāʔir taḥta l-ʕaynayn) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Catalan: ulleres — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼袋 (yǎndài) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Czech: kruhy pod očima — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Danish: poser under øjnene — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Dutch: wallen — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Finnish: silmäpussit — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • French: yeux cernés — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • French: cerne — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • German: Augenringe — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Italian: occhiaie — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Japanese: 目の下のくま (me no shita no kuma) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Japanese: 目袋 (mebukuro) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Korean: 다크서클 (dakeuseokeul) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: poser under øynene — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: posar under augo — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Portuguese: olheiras — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Russian: круги́ под глаза́ми (krugí pod glazámi) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Serbo-Croatian: podočnjak — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Serbo-Croatian: podočnjaci — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Slovak: kruhy pod očami — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Spanish: ojeras — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Swedish: påsar under ögonen — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Thai: ถุงใต้ตา (tǔng dtâai dtaa) — bagginess of skin under eyes
  • Bulgarian: кръжа (krǎža) — travel around along a curved path
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運轉 /运转 (yùn zhuǎn) — travel around along a curved path
  • Dutch: omcirkelen — travel around along a curved path
  • Finnish: kiertää — travel around along a curved path
  • French: cercler — travel around along a curved path
  • Galician: cercar — travel around along a curved path
  • Galician: rodear — travel around along a curved path
  • German: umkreisen — travel around along a curved path
  • Hebrew: סב (sav) — travel around along a curved path
  • Hebrew: חָג (ẖag) — travel around along a curved path
  • Hindi: परिक्रमा (parikramā) — travel around along a curved path
  • Hindi: प्रदक्षिणा (pradakṣiṇā) — travel around along a curved path
  • Hungarian: kerülget — travel around along a curved path
  • Italian: cerchiare — travel around along a curved path
  • Japanese: 回る (mawaru) — travel around along a curved path
  • Japanese: 回転する (kaiten suru) — travel around along a curved path
  • Māori: moari — travel around along a curved path
  • Māori: āmio — travel around along a curved path
  • Māori: porowhawhe — travel around along a curved path
  • Polish: objeżdżać — travel around along a curved path
  • Polish: obchodzić — travel around along a curved path
  • Polish: okrążać — travel around along a curved path
  • Portuguese: circular — travel around along a curved path
  • Quechua: muyuy — travel around along a curved path
  • Russian: кружи́ть (kružítʹ) — travel around along a curved path
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — travel around along a curved path
  • Spanish: moverse en círculo — travel around along a curved path
  • Telugu: చుట్టివచ్చుట (cuṭṭivaccuṭa) — travel around along a curved path
  • Thai: ล้อมรอบ — travel around along a curved path
  • Ukrainian: кружляти (kružljaty) — travel around along a curved path
  • Bulgarian: заобикалям (zaobikaljam) — surround
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圍著 /围着 (wéi zhe) — surround
  • Danish: omkredse — surround
  • Dutch: omcirkelen — surround
  • Finnish: ympäröidä — surround
  • French: entourer — surround
  • French: encercler — surround
  • Galician: cercar — surround
  • Galician: rodear — surround
  • German: umkreisen — surround
  • German: einkreisen — surround
  • Haitian Creole: ansèkle — surround
  • Hebrew: הקיף (hikíf) — surround
  • Hindi: घेराव (gherāv) — surround
  • Hungarian: körülvesz — surround
  • Italian: circondare — surround
  • Latin: cingō — surround
  • Māori: whawhe — surround
  • Māori: korohiko — surround
  • Māori: karapoti — surround
  • Māori: pākorokoro — surround
  • Māori: taiāmio — surround
  • Māori: taiāwhio — surround
  • Māori: tīhao — surround
  • Māori: ponitaka — surround
  • Polish: okrążyć — surround
  • Portuguese: circundar — surround
  • Portuguese: cercar — surround
  • Russian: окружа́ть (okružátʹ) — surround
  • Russian: окружи́ть (okružítʹ) — surround
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — surround
  • Spanish: rodear — surround
  • Swedish: omge — surround
  • Swedish: ringa in — surround
  • Telugu: చుట్టుముట్టు (cuṭṭumuṭṭu) — surround
  • Thai: ปิดล้อม (bpìt-lɔ́ɔm) — surround
  • Chinese Mandarin: 畫圓圈 /画圆圈 (huà yuán quān) — place or mark a circle around
  • Danish: sætte ring om — place or mark a circle around
  • Dutch: omcirkelen — place or mark a circle around
  • Finnish: ympäröidä — place or mark a circle around
  • Finnish: ympyröidä — place or mark a circle around
  • French: encercler — place or mark a circle around
  • Galician: rodear — place or mark a circle around
  • German: einkreisen — place or mark a circle around
  • Hebrew: הקיף בעיגול (hikíf b'igúl) — place or mark a circle around
  • Hindi: चिन्हित (cinhit) — place or mark a circle around
  • Hungarian: bekarikáz — place or mark a circle around
  • Ingrian: viiruittaa — place or mark a circle around
  • Irish: ciorclaigh — place or mark a circle around
  • Italian: cerchiare — place or mark a circle around
  • Māori: porohita — place or mark a circle around
  • Polish: zakreślić — place or mark a circle around
  • Portuguese: circular — place or mark a circle around
  • Slovak: zakrúžkovať — place or mark a circle around
  • Spanish: circular — place or mark a circle around
  • Swedish: ringa in — place or mark a circle around
  • Swedish: inringa — place or mark a circle around
  • Thai: วง (wong) — place or mark a circle around
  • Bulgarian: обикалям (obikaljam) — travel in circles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旋轉 /旋转 (xuán zhuǎn) — travel in circles
  • Czech: kroužit — travel in circles
  • Dutch: cirkelen — travel in circles
  • Esperanto: cirkuli — travel in circles
  • Galician: azoroñar — travel in circles
  • German: kreisen — travel in circles
  • Hebrew: הסתובב (histovév) — travel in circles
  • Hebrew: חָג (ẖag) — travel in circles
  • Hungarian: köröz — travel in circles
  • Italian: ruotare — travel in circles
  • Italian: roteare — travel in circles
  • Japanese: 周遊する (shūyū-suru) — travel in circles
  • Māori: porotakataka — travel in circles
  • Polish: krążyć — travel in circles
  • Polish: kołować — travel in circles
  • Portuguese: circular — travel in circles
  • Russian: кружи́ться (kružítʹsja) — travel in circles
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — travel in circles
  • Slovak: krúžiť — travel in circles
  • Spanish: moverse en círculo — travel in circles
  • Spanish: circunvolar — travel in circles
  • Swedish: cirkla — travel in circles
  • Swedish: kretsa — travel in circles
  • Thai: วน (won) — travel in circles
  • Ukrainian: кружля́ти (kružljáty) — travel in circles
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