circa

See also: Circa

English

Alternative forms

• ca., ca, or c.; rarely cca., cir. or circ. (abbreviations)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝkə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
• Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition

circa

1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

   Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.

Translations

approximately, about, around

Arabic: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī) Egyptian Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī) Armenian: մոտ (hy) (mot), մոտավորապես (hy) (motavorapes) Bulgarian: около (bg) (okolo), приблизително (bg) (priblizitelno) Catalan: circa (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 大約 / 大约 (zh) (dàyuē) Czech: přibližně (cs), cirka (cs) Danish: cirka (da) Dutch: circa (nl) Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ (eo) Faroese: umleið Finnish: noin (fi) French: (with a measure) environ (fr), (with a date) vers (fr) Georgian: დაახლოებით (daaxloebit) German: ungefähr (de), etwa (de), um (de), circa (de), zirka (de) Greek: περίπου (el) (perípou), περ. (el) (per.) Hebrew: בקירוב (be'qiruv), בסביבות (be'svivot) Hungarian: cirka (hu), körülbelül (hu), nagyjából (hu), hozzávetőleg (hu) Icelandic: um það bil (is), circa (is), sirka Italian: circa (it) Japanese: 約… (ja) (yaku), 大体… (ja) (daitai), …位 (ja) (kurai; gurai), …頃 (ja) (…ごろ, goro), およそ… (ja) (oyoso) Korean: […] 경(頃) ([ … ] gyeong), 대략(大略) (ko) (daeryak) Macedonian: о́колу (ókolu), при́ближно (príbližno), ци́рка (círka) Norwegian: cirka (no) Persian: حوالی (fa) (havâli-ye) Polish: circa (pl) Portuguese: cerca de, aproximadamente (pt) Russian: приблизи́тельно (ru) (priblizítelʹno), приме́рно (ru) (primérno), о́коло (ru) (ókolo) (+ genitive case) Spanish: cerca de, aproximadamente (es), circa (es) Swedish: cirka (sv) Thai: ประมาณ (th) (bprà-maan) Tibetan: ཡས་མས (yas mas) Turkish: aşağı yukarı (tr) Udmurt: ог (og) Vietnamese: khoảng (vi) Volapük: za (vo)

See also

• circum-

Anagrams

• ARCIC, Ricca, craic

Czech

Alternative forms

• cirka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪrka]

Adverb

circa

1. circa, approximately

   Synonym: cca

Further reading

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• ca.
• c.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪr.kaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cir‧ca

Preposition

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

Adverb

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

   Synonyms: grofweg, pakweg, omstreeks, ongeveer, plusminus, ruwweg, zo'n, pak hem beet

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siʁ.ka/

Preposition

circa

1. approximately, about

German

Alternative forms

• zirka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪʁka]

• Audio:

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Adverb

circa

1. circa

   Synonyms: etwa, ungefähr

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circā.

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

circa

1. regarding, concerning

Adverb

circa

1. about, approximately

Anagrams

• craci, ricca