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• sûr′kyələr
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.kjə.lə/
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• General-American: /ˈsɜɹ.kjə.ləɹ/
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• Scotland: /ˈsɪɾ.kjə.ləɾ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER1 K Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَائِرِيّ (dāʔiriyy) — of or relating to a circle
• Armenian: շրջանագծային (šrǰanagcayin) — of or relating to a circle
• Asturian: circular — of or relating to a circle
• Belarusian: кругавы́ (kruhavý) — of or relating to a circle
• Bengali: বৃত্তাকার (brittakar) — of or relating to a circle
• Bengali: গোলাকার (gōlakar) — of or relating to a circle
• Bulgarian: кръго́в (krǎgóv) — of or relating to a circle
• Catalan: circular — of or relating to a circle
• Esperanto: cirkla — of or relating to a circle
• Finnish: ympyrä- — of or relating to a circle
• French: circulaire — of or relating to a circle
• Galician: circular — of or relating to a circle
• Georgian: წრიული (c̣riuli) — of or relating to a circle
• German: Kreis- — of or relating to a circle
• Greek: κυκλικός (kyklikós) — of or relating to a circle
• Ancient Greek: κυκλικός (kuklikós) — of or relating to a circle
• Hindi: वलयाकार (valyākār) — of or relating to a circle
• Hindi: गोलाकार (golākār) — of or relating to a circle
• Ido: cirkla — of or relating to a circle
• Ido: cirklala — of or relating to a circle
• Ido: cirklatra — of or relating to a circle
• Italian: circolare — of or relating to a circle
• Northern Kurdish: bazinî — of or relating to a circle
• Macedonian: кружен (kružen) — of or relating to a circle
• Māori: porohita — of or relating to a circle
• Māori: porowhita — of or relating to a circle
• Pashto: ګرد (gërd) — of or relating to a circle
• Portuguese: circular — of or relating to a circle
• Romanian: circular — of or relating to a circle
• Romanian: de cerc — of or relating to a circle
• Russian: кругово́й (krugovój) — of or relating to a circle
• Scottish Gaelic: cearcaill — of or relating to a circle
• Spanish: circular — of or relating to a circle
• Swedish: cirkulär — of or relating to a circle
• Swedish: compounds with cirkel c or ring — of or relating to a circle
• Turkish: dairesel — of or relating to a circle
• Ukrainian: кругови́й (kruhovýj) — of or relating to a circle
• Arabic: دَائِرِيّ (dāʔiriyy) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Armenian: շրջանաձեւ (šrǰanajew) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Armenian: բոլորաձեւ (bolorajew) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Armenian: շրջանագծային (šrǰanagcayin) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Asturian: circular — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Belarusian: кру́глы (krúhly) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Bulgarian: кръ́гъл (krǎ́gǎl) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Burmese: ဝိုင်း (wuing:) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Catalan: circular — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Chinese Mandarin: 圓 /圆 (yuán) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Czech: kulatý — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Danish: rund — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Danish: cirkulær — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Dutch: rond — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Finnish: ympyrän muotoinen — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Finnish: pyöreä — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Finnish: pyörivä — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• French: rond — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Galician: circular — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Georgian: წრიული (c̣riuli) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• German: rund — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• German: Kreis- — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• German: kreisartig — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• German: kreisförmig — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• German: kreisend — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Greek: κυκλικός (kyklikós) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Ancient Greek: κυκλικός (kuklikós) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Hindi: वृत्तीय (vŕttīya) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Hindi: वर्तुल (vartul) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Hindi: गोल (gol) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Hindi: वृत्ताकार (vŕttākār) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Hungarian: körkörös — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Indonesian: bundar — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Irish: ciorclach — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Italian: circolare — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Japanese: 丸い (marui) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Northern Kurdish: bazineyî — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Macedonian: кружен (kružen) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Pashto: ګرد (gërd) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Persian: دایره — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Plautdietsch: runt — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Polish: okrągły — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Portuguese: circular — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Portuguese: redondo — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Portuguese: arredondado — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Romanian: circular — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Russian: кру́глый (krúglyj) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Russian: окру́глый (okrúglyj) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Sanskrit: मण्डल (maṇḍala) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Scottish Gaelic: cearclach — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Spanish: circular — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Sundanese: bunder — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Swedish: rund — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Swedish: cirkulär — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Swedish: cirkelformad — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Swedish: ringformad — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Ukrainian: кру́глий (krúhlyj) — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Volapük: sirkafomik — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Volapük: klöpik — in the shape of, or moving in a circle
• Bulgarian: обиколен (obikolen) — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Finnish: kierto- — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Finnish: kiertelevä — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Finnish: epäsuora — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Greek: περιστροφικός (peristrofikós) — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Macedonian: обиколен (obikolen) — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Portuguese: circular — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Russian: око́льный (okólʹnyj) — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Russian: кружно́й (kružnój) — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Russian: окружно́й (okružnój) — circuitous or roundabout — see also circuitous, roundabout
• Finnish: kehämäinen — referring back to itself — see also circular definition
• Finnish: kehä- — referring back to itself — see also circular definition
• German: zirkelhaft — referring back to itself — see also circular definition
• Bulgarian: циркуля́рен (cirkuljáren) — distributed to a large number of persons
• Finnish: laajalevikkinen — distributed to a large number of persons
• Greek: εγκύκλιος (egkýklios) — distributed to a large number of persons
• Russian: циркуля́рный (cirkuljárnyj) — distributed to a large number of persons
• Chinese Mandarin: 通函 (tōnghán) — advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation
• French: circulaire — advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation
• Hindi: विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti) — advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation
• Russian: циркуля́р (cirkuljár) — advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation
• Ukrainian: циркуля́р (cyrkuljár) — advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation
• Urdu: گَشْتی (gaśtī) — advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation