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Webster 1913 Edition
Circum-
Cir′cum-
.[Akin to
circle
, circus
.] A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.
Definition 2024
circum-
circum-
See also: circum
English
Prefix
circum-
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_circum-'>English words prefixed with circum-</a>
Related terms
Related terms
Translations
prefix meaning "around"
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kum/-, [t͡ʃir̺.kum]-]
Prefix
circum-
Synonyms
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Italian_words_prefixed_with_circum-'>Italian words prefixed with circum-</a>
Latin
Alternative forms
- circu- prevocalic
Etymology
Combining form of circum (“round about”, “in a circle around”, adverb and preposition).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.kum/, [ˈkɪr.kũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kum/
Prefix
circum-
- circum- (round, about)
Usage notes
- Derivations of this suffix frequently occur divisim.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_prefixed_with_circum-'>Latin words prefixed with circum-</a>
References
- circum III in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circum-” on page 318/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)