circa

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circa.

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circa

  1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
    Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.

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Czech

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circa

  1. circa, approximately
    Synonym: cca

Further reading

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  • circa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • circa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪr.kaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition

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circa

  1. circa: about, approximately

Adverb

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circa

  1. circa: about, approximately
    Synonyms: grofweg, pakweg, omstreeks, ongeveer, plusminus, ruwweg, zo'n, pak hem beet

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circa.

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circa

  1. approximately, about

German

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circa

  1. circa
    Synonyms: etwa, ungefähr

Further reading

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  • circa” in Duden online
  • circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ka/
  • Rhymes: -irka
  • Hyphenation: cìr‧ca

Preposition

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circa

  1. regarding, concerning

Adverb

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circa

  1. about, approximately

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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A later form for circum, or from circum + .

The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.

Adverb

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circā (not comparable)

  1. around; about
  2. on both sides

Preposition

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circā (+ accusative)

  1. around; near; about
  2. regarding, concerning
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ephesii.6.22:
      quem misi ad vos in hoc ipsum ut cognoscatis quae circa nos sunt et consoletur corda vestra
      Whom I have sent to you for this very thing, so that you can know things that are about us, and so that he can comfort your hearts.
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References
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  • circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • circa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • circa in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Etymology 2

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Ultimately related to etymology 1. Sense 4 is only attested in the form cerca(s); see there for more.

Noun

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circa f (genitive circae); first declension (Medieval Latin)[1][2]

  1. patrol, watch
  2. episcopal visit
  3. inquiry, inquest
  4. defensive enclosure, moat
References
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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “2. circa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 180
  2. ^ Blaise, Albert (1975) “circa”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 178

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin circā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sir.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -irka
  • Syllabification: cir‧ca

Particle

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circa

  1. (literary) circa, nearly, almost (in close approximation)
    Synonyms: blisko, koło, mniej więcej, niespełna, niemal, około, prawie, w przybliżeniu
    Na świecie żyje circa 9 mld ludzi.There are circa 9 billion people in the world.

Further reading

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  • circa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • circa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circa.

Adverb

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circa

  1. approximately, about, or so
    Synonym: cam

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin circā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾka/ [ˈθiɾ.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsiɾka/ [ˈsiɾ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -iɾka
  • Syllabification: cir‧ca

Preposition

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circa

  1. circa

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