circa

See also: Circa

English

Alternative forms

(abbreviations):

• ca., ca, c.
• cca., cir., circ. (rare)

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.

   • 2011 January 27, Michael Crowley, “Decision Time for Senator John Thune”, in TIME:

     Political talent scouts have called South Dakota's John Thune "the Republican Obama" because his low profile, youth and presidential bearing recall the unknown Illinois Democrat circa January 2007.

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) Hindi: लगभग (hi) m (lagbhag), उमूमन (hi) m (umūman), तक़रीबन (hi) m (taqrīban) 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:

  (file)

• 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 (Germany (Berlin)):

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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