Phrase guide

circular letter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: јакарулу самара (ǰakarulu samara) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Southern Altai: тегерик танык (tegerik tanïk) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Armenian: շրջաբերական (šrǰaberakan) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Bulgarian: циркулярно писмо (cirkuljarno pismo) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通函 (tōnghán) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Dutch: circulaire — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Esperanto: cirkulero — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Finnish: kiertokirje — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • French: circulaire — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Galician: circular — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • German: Rundbrief — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • German: Rundschreiben — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • German: Zirkular — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Greek: εγκύκλιος (egkýklios) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Hungarian: körlevél — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Hungarian: körözvény — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Ido: cirkulero — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Indonesian: surat edaran — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Irish: imlitir — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Italian: circolare — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Macedonian: окружница (okružnica) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Macedonian: циркуларно писмо (cirkularno pismo) — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Malay: pekeliling — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Māori: mātārere — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rundskriv — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rundskriv — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Polish: obiegówka — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Polish: okólnik — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Portuguese: circular — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Romanian: circulară — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Spanish: circular — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Swedish: rundskrivelse — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Swedish: cirkulär — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Tagalog: sirkular — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Tagalog: palibot — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Tagalog: palibot-sulat — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Tagalog: palibot-liham — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Vietnamese: thông tư — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Volapük: sirkülapenäd — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters
  • Welsh: cylchlythyr — freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters