circumpolar

English

Circumpolar stars in a 30 min. exposure

Etymology

From circum- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

circumpolar (not comparable)

1. Located or found throughout a polar region.
2. (astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.

   a circumpolar star

Derived terms

• noncircumpolar

 

Translations

located or found throughout a polar region

• Dutch: circumpolair
• Ido: cirkumpola (io)
• Irish: impholach
• Persian: پیراقطبی (pirâqotbi)
• Polish: okołobiegunowy (pl)
• Portuguese: circumpolar
• Swedish: cirkumpolär (sv)

continually visible above the horizon

• Irish: timpholach
• Polish: okołobiegunowy (pl)
• Swedish: cirkumpolär (sv)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• circunpolar

Etymology

From circum- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.poˈlaʁ/ [sih.kũ.poˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.poˈlaʁ/ [sih.kũ.poˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.poˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.poˈlaʁ/ [siχ.kũ.poˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũ.poˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.puˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.puˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.puˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧po‧lar

Adjective

circumpolar m or f (plural circumpolares)

1. circumpolar (located throughout a polar region)
2. (astronomy) circumpolar

Further reading

• “circumpolar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “circumpolar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “circumpolar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “circumpolar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “circumpolar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “circumpolar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French circumpolaire.

Adjective

circumpolar m or n (feminine singular circumpolară, masculine plural circumpolari, feminine and neuter plural circumpolare)

1. circumpolar

Declension

Declension of circumpolar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	circumpolar		circumpolară	circumpolari	circumpolare
	definite	circumpolarul		circumpolara	circumpolarii	circumpolarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	circumpolar		circumpolare	circumpolari	circumpolare
	definite	circumpolarului		circumpolarei	circumpolarilor	circumpolarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From circun- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾkumpoˈlaɾ/ [θiɾ.kũm.poˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siɾkumpoˈlaɾ/ [siɾ.kũm.poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cir‧cum‧po‧lar

Adjective

circumpolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural circumpolares)

1. (astronomy, etc.) circumpolar

Further reading

• “circumpolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014