circulair
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French circulaire, borrowed from Late Latin circulāris, from Latin circulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪr.kyˈlɛːr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: cir‧cu‧lair
- Rhymes: -ɛːr
Adjective
circulair (comparative circulairder, superlative circulairst)
- circular (in the shape of, or moving in a circle)
- Synonyms: cirkelvormig, kringvormig
- circulaire economie ― circular economy
Declension
| Declension of circulair | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | circulair | |||
| inflected | circulaire | |||
| comparative | circulairder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | circulair | circulairder | het circulairst het circulairste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | circulaire | circulairdere | circulairste |
| n. sing. | circulair | circulairder | circulairste | |
| plural | circulaire | circulairdere | circulairste | |
| definite | circulaire | circulairdere | circulairste | |
| partitive | circulairs | circulairders | — | |
Derived terms
- circulaire economie
Related terms
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “circulair”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute