circumference

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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/
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(US) enPR: sûrkŭm'frəns, IPA^(key): /sɝːˈkʌmfɹəns/, enPR: sərkŭm'frəns, IPA^(key): /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/
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(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

(geometry): perimeter, umstroke
(distance measured around any object): girth
(distance measured around a race track): lap

Derived terms

Related 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
Thai: เส้นรอบวง (th) (sên-rɔ̂ɔp-wong)
Ukrainian: окру́жність (uk) f (okrúžnistʹ)
Vietnamese: chu vi (vi), đường tròn (vi)
Welsh: cylchyn m

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
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
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

graph theory

French: circonférence (fr) f

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.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  Nor is the vigour of this great body included only in itself, or circumferenced by its surface