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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
- (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)
- all around
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