circular

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) circular; round
2. (Brazil, feminine, masculine) running in a loop
3. (feminine, masculine, rhetoric) circular (referring back to itself)
4. (feminine, masculine) circular (distributed to a large number of people)

Noun

1. (feminine) circular letter (official communication distributed to interested parties)
2. (Portugal, feminine) ring road

Noun

circular (shuttle bus that runs in a loop)

Verb

1. (transitive) to circle (to place a circle around)
2. (intransitive) to circle (to move around an axis)
3. (intransitive) to circulate (to move through a circuit)
4. (intransitive) to flow freely
5. (intransitive) to move about; to walk around
6. (transitive) to circulate; to disseminate; to spread
7. (intransitive) to circulate; to be disseminated; to be spread; to go around
8. (intransitive) to circulate; to be disseminated; to be spread; to go around
9. (intransitive) to circulate; to be disseminated; to be spread; to go around

Concepts

circular

circle

⭕

circulate

go around

round

roll

get around

get about

go round

mobilise

mobilize

ply

regulations

rotary

run

spread

make the rounds

mill around

question-begging

ring-shaped

code of practice

annular

orbitual

be about

circulars

circumscribe

circumvent

encircle

flow

Synonyms

redondo

rodear

mobilizar

arredondado

regulamentação

código de práticas

circunscrever

espalhar

transitar

arredondar

Translations

circular

circolare

circuler

circulaire

circular

Rundschreiben

rondgaan

cerchiare

zirkulieren

moverse en círculo

kreisen

⭕

omcirkelen

umkreisen

⭕

rund

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siʁ.kuˈlaʁ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: circulo

In summary

Learned borrowing from Late Latin circulāris (“circular round”), from Latin circulus, corresponding to círculo + -ar.