English
Etymology
From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: sûkŭm'frəns, IPA(key): /sɜːˈkʌmfɹəns/, enPR: səkŭm'frəns, IPA(key): /səˈkʌmfɹəns/
- (US) enPR: sûrkŭm'frəns, IPA(key): /sɝːˈkʌmfɹəns/, enPR: sərkŭm'frəns, IPA(key): /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/
- (General Australian) enPR: səkŭm'frəns, IPA(key): /səˈkamfɹəns/
- Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧fer‧ence
- Rhymes: -ʌmfɹəns
Noun
circumference (plural circumferences)
- (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
- (geometry) The length of such a line.
- (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object.
- (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object
- Arabic: مُحِيط (ar) m (muḥīṭ)
- Armenian: շրջանագիծ (hy) (šrǰanagic) (for a circle), պարագիծ (hy) (paragic)
- Asturian: circunferencia f
- Belarusian: акру́жнасць f (akrúžnascʹ)
- Bengali: পরিধি (bn) (poridhi)
- Bulgarian: перифе́рия (bg) f (periférija), окръ́жност f (okrǎ́žnost), обико́лка (bg) f (obikólka)
- Catalan: circumferència (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 圓周 / 圆周 (zh) (yuánzhōu)
- Czech: obvod (cs) m
- Danish: omkreds c
- Dutch: omtrek (nl) m
- Finnish: kehä (fi)
- French: circonférence (fr)
- Galician: circunferencia (gl) f
- Georgian: გარშემოწერილობა (garšemoc̣eriloba)
- German: Umfang (de) m
- Greek: περιφέρεια (el) f (periféreia)
- Ancient: περιφέρεια f (periphéreia)
- Hindi: परिधि (hi) m (paridhi)
- Hungarian: kerület (hu)
- Irish: timpeall m
- Italian: circonferenza (it) f
- Japanese: 円周 (ja) (えんしゅう, enshū)
- Kannada: ಪರಿಧಿ (kn) (paridhi)
- Korean: 원주(圓周) (ko) (wonju), 둘레 (ko) (dulle)
- Latin: circumferentia f
- Lithuanian: perimetras m
- Macedonian: обем m (obem), периме́тар m (perimétar), обиколка f (obikolka)
- Maori: pae, taiāwhiotanga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: omkrets (no) m
- Old English: ymbgang m
- Ottoman Turkish: چوره (çevre)
- Persian: پیرامون (fa) (pirâmun)
- Polish: obwód (pl) m
- Portuguese: circunferência (pt) f
- Romanian: circumferință (ro)
- Russian: окру́жность (ru) f (okrúžnostʹ) (for a circle); пери́метр (ru) m (perímetr)
- Sanskrit: नेमि (sa) f (nemi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏псе̄г m, о̀бим m
- Roman: ȍpsēg (sh) m, òbim (sh) m
- Slovak: obvod m
- Slovene: obseg (sl) m
- Spanish: circunferencia (es) f
- Swedish: omkrets (sv) c
- Tagalog: tikop
- Tamil: சுற்றளவு (ta) (cuṟṟaḷavu)
- Thai: เส้นรอบวง (th) (sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
- Ukrainian: окру́жність (uk) f (okrúžnistʹ)
- Vietnamese: chu vi (vi), đường tròn (vi)
- Welsh: cylchyn m
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length of such line
- Arabic: مُحِيط (ar) m (muḥīṭ)
- Belarusian: акру́жнасць f (akrúžnascʹ)
- Bengali: পরিধি (bn) (poridhi)
- Bulgarian: обико́лка (bg) f (obikólka)
- Catalan: circumferència (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 周長 / 周长 (zh) (zhōucháng)
- Czech: obvod (cs) m
- Danish: omkreds c
- Dutch: omtrek (nl) m
- Finnish: ympärysmitta (fi)
- French: circonférence (fr) f
- Galician: circunferencia (gl) f
- German: Umfang (de) m, Kreisumfang (de) m
- Greek: περιφέρεια (el) f (periféreia)
- Hebrew: הֶקֵּף (he) m (hekéf)
- Hindi: परिधि (hi) m (paridhi)
- Icelandic: ummál (is) n
- Irish: timpeall m
- Italian: circonferenza (it) f
- Japanese: 円周長 (えんしゅうちょう, enshūchō), 周長 (ja) (しゅうちょう, shūchō)
- Kannada: ಪರಿಧಿ (kn) (paridhi)
- Luxembourgish: Ëmfang m
- Macedonian: обем m (obem), периме́тар m (perimétar), обиколка f (obikolka)
- Maori: pae
- Norman: circonféthence f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: omkrets (no) m
- Old English: ymbgang m
- Polish: obwód (pl) m
- Portuguese: perímetro (pt) m
- Russian: длина́ окру́жности f (dliná okrúžnosti), пери́метр (ru) m (perímetr)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏псе̄г m, о̀бим m
- Roman: ȍpsēg (sh) m, òbim (sh) m
- Slovak: obvod m
- Slovene: obseg (sl) m
- Spanish: circunferencia (es) f
- Swedish: omkrets (sv) c
- Tagalog: tikop
- Tamil: சுற்றளவு (ta) (cuṟṟaḷavu)
- Thai: ความยาวเส้นรอบวง (kwaam-yaao-sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
- Turkish: çevre (tr)
- Ukrainian: окру́жність (uk) f (okrúžnistʹ)
- Vietnamese: độ dài chu vi, độ dài (vi)
- Welsh: cylchedd (cy) m
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Verb
circumference (third-person singular simple present circumferences, present participle circumferencing, simple past and past participle circumferenced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.
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