circumference

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• Australian: /səˈkamfɹəns/
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From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ክበብ (kəbäb) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Arabic: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Armenian: շրջանագիծ (šrǰanagic) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Armenian: պարագիծ (paragic) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Asturian: circunferencia — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Azerbaijani: çevrə — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Belarusian: акру́жнасць (akrúžnascʹ) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Bengali: পরিধি (poridhi) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Bulgarian: перифе́рия (periférija) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Bulgarian: окръ́жност (okrǎ́žnost) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Bulgarian: обико́лка (obikólka) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Catalan: circumferència — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Chinese Mandarin: 圓周 /圆周 (yuánzhōu) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Czech: obvod — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Danish: omkreds — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Dutch: omtrek — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Finnish: kehä — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• French: circonférence — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Galician: circunferencia — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Georgian: გარშემოწერილობა (garšemoc̣eriloba) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• German: Umfang — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Greek: περιφέρεια (periféreia) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Ancient Greek: περιφέρεια (periphéreia) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Hindi: परिधि (paridhi) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Hungarian: kerület — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Irish: timpeall — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Italian: circonferenza — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Japanese: 円周 (enshū) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Kannada: ಪರಿಧಿ (paridhi) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Korean: 원주 (wonju) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Korean: 둘레 (dulle) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Latin: circumferentia — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Lithuanian: perimetras — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Macedonian: обем (obem) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Macedonian: периме́тар (perimétar) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Macedonian: обиколка (obikolka) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Māori: pae — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Māori: taiāwhiotanga — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Norwegian Bokmål: omkrets — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Old English: ymbgang — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Persian: پیرامون (pirâmun) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Polish: obwód — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Portuguese: circunferência — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Romanian: circumferință — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Russian: окру́жность (okrúžnostʹ) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Russian: пери́метр (perímetr) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Sanskrit: नेमि (nemi) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏псе̄г — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀бим — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpsēg — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Serbo-Croatian: òbim — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Slovak: obvod — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Slovene: obseg — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Spanish: circunferencia — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Swedish: omkrets — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Tagalog: tikop — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Tamil: சுற்றளவு (cuṟṟaḷavu) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Thai: เส้นรอบวง (sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Ottoman Turkish: چوره (çevre) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Ukrainian: окру́жність (okrúžnistʹ) — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Vietnamese: chu vi — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Vietnamese: đường tròn — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Welsh: cylchyn — line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
• Arabic: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ) — length of such line
• Belarusian: акру́жнасць (akrúžnascʹ) — length of such line
• Bengali: পরিধি (poridhi) — length of such line
• Bulgarian: обико́лка (obikólka) — length of such line
• Bulgarian: периметър (perimetǎr) — length of such line
• Catalan: circumferència — length of such line
• Chinese Mandarin: 周長 /周长 (zhōucháng) — length of such line
• Czech: obvod — length of such line
• Danish: omkreds — length of such line
• Dutch: omtrek — length of such line
• Finnish: ympärysmitta — length of such line
• French: circonférence — length of such line
• Galician: circunferencia — length of such line
• German: Umfang — length of such line
• German: Kreisumfang — length of such line
• Greek: περιφέρεια (periféreia) — length of such line
• Hebrew: הֶקֵּף (hekéf) — length of such line
• Hindi: परिधि (paridhi) — length of such line
• Icelandic: ummál — length of such line
• Irish: timpeall — length of such line
• Italian: circonferenza — length of such line
• Japanese: 円周長 (enshūchō) — length of such line
• Japanese: 周長 (shūchō) — length of such line
• Kannada: ಪರಿಧಿ (paridhi) — length of such line
• Luxembourgish: Ëmfang — length of such line
• Macedonian: обем (obem) — length of such line
• Macedonian: периме́тар (perimétar) — length of such line
• Macedonian: обиколка (obikolka) — length of such line
• Māori: pae — length of such line
• Norman: circonféthence — length of such line
• Norwegian Bokmål: omkrets — length of such line
• Old English: ymbgang — length of such line
• Polish: obwód — length of such line
• Portuguese: perímetro — length of such line
• Russian: длина́ окру́жности (dliná okrúžnosti) — length of such line
• Russian: пери́метр (perímetr) — length of such line
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏псе̄г — length of such line
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀бим — length of such line
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpsēg — length of such line
• Serbo-Croatian: òbim — length of such line
• Slovak: obvod — length of such line
• Slovene: obseg — length of such line
• Spanish: circunferencia — length of such line
• Swedish: omkrets — length of such line
• Tagalog: tikop — length of such line
• Tamil: சுற்றளவு (cuṟṟaḷavu) — length of such line
• Thai: ความยาวเส้นรอบวง (kwaam-yaao-sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong) — length of such line
• Turkish: çevre — length of such line
• Ukrainian: окру́жність (okrúžnistʹ) — length of such line
• Vietnamese: độ dài chu vi — length of such line
• Vietnamese: độ dài — length of such line
• Welsh: cylchedd — length of such line
• French: circonférence — graph theory