circumstance

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• New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/
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• New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /-ɑːns/
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• New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /-æns/
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• General-American: /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsɜːkəmstæns/
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER1 K AH0 M S T AE2 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English circumstaunce, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrethanë — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Arabic: حَالَة (ḥāla) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Arabic: ظَرْف (ẓarf) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Armenian: հանգամանք (hangamankʻ) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Armenian: պարագա (paraga) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Azerbaijani: hal — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Azerbaijani: vəziyyət — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Belarusian: акалі́чнасць (akalíčnascʹ) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Bengali: পরিস্থিতি (poristhiti) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Bengali: আওকাত (aōkat) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Bengali: হালত (halot) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Bulgarian: обстоя́телство (obstojátelstvo) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Burmese: အခြေအနေ (a.hkrea.ne) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Catalan: circumstància — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Chinese Mandarin: 情況 /情况 (qíngkuàng) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Chinese Mandarin: 狀態 /状态 (zhuàngtài) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Czech: okolnost — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Danish: omstændighed — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Dutch: omstandigheid — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Esperanto: cirkonstanco — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Estonian: asjaolu — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Finnish: olosuhteet — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Finnish: olot — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• French: circonstance — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Galician: circunstancia — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Georgian: გარემოება (garemoeba) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• German: Umstand — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Hebrew: נסיבות (nesibot) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Hindi: परिस्थिति (paristhiti) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Hungarian: körülmény — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Icelandic: kringumstæður — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Irish: toisc — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Italian: circostanza — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Japanese: 状況 (jōkyō) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Japanese: 事情 (jijō) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Kazakh: жағдай (jağdai) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Khmer: កាលៈទេសៈ (kaalaʼteisaʼ) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Korean: 상황 (sanghwang) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Kyrgyz: жагдай (jagday) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Lao: ກະລະນີ (ka la nī) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Lao: ສະຖານະ (sa thā na) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Latin: rēs — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Latvian: apstāklis — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Lithuanian: aplinkybė — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Macedonian: околност (okolnost) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Malay: keadaan — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Māori: tūāhuatanga — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Mongolian: нөхцөл байдал (nöxcöl bajdal) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Mongolian: ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠴᠡᠯ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠯ (nöküčel bayidal) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Norwegian Bokmål: omstendighet — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: omstende — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Old English: ymbstandennes — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Persian: حال (hâl) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Persian: حالات (hâlât) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Persian: وضعیت (vaz'iyyat) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Persian: شرایط (šarâyet) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Plautdietsch: Veheltniss — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Polish: okoliczność — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Portuguese: circunstância — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Romanian: circumstanță — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Romanian: împrejurare — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Russian: обстоя́тельство (obstojátelʹstvo) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Russian: усло́вие (uslóvije) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Russian: ситуа́ция (situácija) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Scottish Gaelic: cor — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Serbo-Croatian: околност — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Serbo-Croatian: okolnost — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Slovak: okolnosť — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Slovene: okoliščina — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Spanish: circunstancia — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Spanish: tesitura — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Spanish: arrequives — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Swedish: omständighet — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Tajik: ҳолат (holat) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Tajik: вазъият (vaz'iyat) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Tajik: шароит (šaroyit) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Tajik: ҷиҳат (jihat) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Thai: กรณี (gɔɔ-rá-nii) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Thai: สถานการณ์ (sà-tǎa-ná-gaan) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Tigrinya: ኩነት (kunät) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Turkish: durum — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Turkish: hâl — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Ukrainian: обста́вина (obstávyna) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Urdu: حال (hāl) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Urdu: حالات (hālāt) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Uyghur: ھالەت (halet) — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Uzbek: jihat — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Uzbek: hol — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Uzbek: vaziyat — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Uzbek: tomon — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Uzbek: holat — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Vietnamese: hoàn cảnh — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Welsh: amgylchiad — that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event
• Armenian: դեպք (depkʻ) — event; fact; particular incident
• Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — event; fact; particular incident
• Dutch: omstandigheid — event; fact; particular incident
• Finnish: yhteensattuma — event; fact; particular incident
• German: Umstand — event; fact; particular incident
• Hindi: प्रसंग (prasaṅg) — event; fact; particular incident
• Italian: dettaglio — event; fact; particular incident
• Italian: caso — event; fact; particular incident
• Japanese: 事件 (jiken) — event; fact; particular incident
• Korean: 사건 (sageon) — event; fact; particular incident
• Latin: tempus — event; fact; particular incident
• Māori: tūāhuatanga — event; fact; particular incident
• Portuguese: circunstância — event; fact; particular incident
• Romanian: împrejurare — event; fact; particular incident
• Russian: обстоя́тельство (obstojátelʹstvo) — event; fact; particular incident
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — event; fact; particular incident
• Spanish: circunstancia — event; fact; particular incident
• Thai: สถานการณ์ (sà-tǎa-ná-gaan) — event; fact; particular incident
• Ukrainian: обста́вина (obstávyna) — event; fact; particular incident
• Ukrainian: ви́падок (výpadok) — event; fact; particular incident
• Armenian: մանրամասնություն (manramasnutʻyun) — circumlocution; detail
• Armenian: պարագա (paraga) — circumlocution; detail
• Bulgarian: подро́бност (podróbnost) — circumlocution; detail
• Chinese Mandarin: 詳情 /详情 (xiángqíng) — circumlocution; detail
• Chinese Mandarin: 細節 /细节 (xìjié) — circumlocution; detail
• Danish: detalje — circumlocution; detail
• Danish: omstændelighed — circumlocution; detail
• Finnish: seikka — circumlocution; detail
• Finnish: asianhaara — circumlocution; detail
• Finnish: yksityiskohta — circumlocution; detail
• Italian: circonlocuzione — circumlocution; detail
• Portuguese: circunstância — circumlocution; detail
• Russian: дета́ль (detálʹ) — circumlocution; detail
• Russian: подро́бность (podróbnostʹ) — circumlocution; detail
• Russian: ча́стность (částnostʹ) — circumlocution; detail
• Ukrainian: дета́ль (detálʹ) — circumlocution; detail
• Ukrainian: подро́биця (podróbycja) — circumlocution; detail
• Bulgarian: материа́лно положе́ние (materiálno položénie) — condition in regard to worldly estate
• Danish: kår — condition in regard to worldly estate
• Finnish: varallisuus — condition in regard to worldly estate
• Finnish: varat — condition in regard to worldly estate
• Italian: situazione — condition in regard to worldly estate
• Portuguese: circunstância — condition in regard to worldly estate
• Russian: материа́льное положе́ние (materiálʹnoje položénije) — condition in regard to worldly estate