semicircular

See also: semi-circular

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ circular.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

semicircular (not comparable)

1. In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.

Alternative forms

• semi-circular

Derived terms

• semicircular canal

Translations

in the shape of a semicircle

Belarusian: паўкру́глы (paŭkrúhly) Bengali: অর্ধবৃত্তাকার (ordhobrittakar) Bulgarian: полукръгъл (polukrǎgǎl) Catalan: semicircular (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 半圓形 / 半圆形 (zh) (bànyuánxíng) French: demi-circulaire (fr), semi-circulaire (fr) German: halbkreisförmig (de) Greek: ημικυκλικός (el) (imikyklikós) Gujarati: અર્ધવર્તુળાકાર (ardhavartuḷākār) Hungarian: félkörös (hu), félkör alakú (shape), félköríves (hu) (curve, line) Italian: semicircolare (it) Japanese: 半円形 (ja) (han'enkei) Korean: 반원형(半圓形) (ko) (banwonhyeong) Polish: półkolisty (pl) m Portuguese: semicircular (pt) Romanian: semicircular (ro) Russian: полукру́глый (ru) (polukrúglyj) Spanish: semicircular Swedish: semicirkulär (sv) Ukrainian: напівкру́глий (napivkrúhlyj)

Catalan

Etymology

From semicercle +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌsɛ.mi.sir.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌsɛ.mi.sir.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌse.mi.siɾ.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

semicircular m or f (masculine and feminine plural semicirculars)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “semicircular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “semicircular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French semi-circulaire.

Adjective

semicircular m or n (feminine singular semicirculară, masculine plural semicirculari, feminine and neuter plural semicirculare)

1. semicircular

Declension

Declension of semicircular

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	semicircular		semicirculară		semicirculari	semicirculare
	definite	semicircularul		semicirculara		semicircularii	semicircularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	semicircular		semicirculare		semicirculari	semicirculare
	definite	semicircularului		semicircularei		semicircularilor	semicircularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From semicírculo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semiθiɾkuˈlaɾ/ [se.mi.θiɾ.kuˈlaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /semisiɾkuˈlaɾ/ [se.mi.siɾ.kuˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧cir‧cu‧lar

Adjective

semicircular m or f (masculine and feminine plural semicirculares)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024