circumcirca

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumcircā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃir.ka/
  • Rhymes: -irka
  • Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cìr‧ca

Adverb

circumcirca

  1. (obsolete) about, roughly, approximately
    Synonyms: approssimativamente, circa, più o meno, pressappoco
    Antonyms: certamente, esattamente, precisamente, sicuramente
    • 1787, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Don Giovanni (libretto), West Press (2013), page 79:
      È un'oretta circumcirca./ Che con lei girando vo
      For approximately an hour / I've been wandering about with along with her

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ circā (“around, about”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

circumcircā (not comparable)

  1. all around

Descendants

  • Italian: circumcirca

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