adj
Meaning 1
Circular or spherical in shape; round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
orbicular
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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UK: /ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə/
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UK: /ɔːˈbɪk.jʊ.lə/
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US: /ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ/
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US: /ɔɹˈbɪk.jə.lɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
adj
Meaning 2
Of a muscle, surrounding an opening; compare orbicularis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to an orbicula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having the shape of a sphere or ball- Zane Grey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a spherical object
- nearly orbicular in shape
- little globular houses like mud-wasp nests
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, spheric, spherical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
circular or nearly circular
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orbiculate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”).
From orbicula + -ar.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կլորաձեւ (klorajew) — circular or spherical in shape
- Armenian: գնդակերպ (gndakerp) — circular or spherical in shape
- Armenian: կլոր (klor) — circular or spherical in shape
- Finnish: kehämäinen — circular or spherical in shape
- French: orbiculaire — circular or spherical in shape
- French: sphérique — circular or spherical in shape
- German: orbikular — circular or spherical in shape
- German: kugelförmig — circular or spherical in shape
- Italian: sferico — circular or spherical in shape
- Russian: кру́глый (krúglyj) — circular or spherical in shape
- Russian: сферический (sferičeskij) — circular or spherical in shape
- Russian: шарообразный (šaroobraznyj) — circular or spherical in shape
- Russian: сфероидальный (sferoidalʹnyj) — circular or spherical in shape
- Spanish: orbicular — circular or spherical in shape
- Spanish: esférico — circular or spherical in shape
- Ottoman Turkish: یومرو (yumru) — circular or spherical in shape
- Ottoman Turkish: طوپاق (topak) — circular or spherical in shape