graancirkel

Dutch

Etymology

From graan (“grain, corn, cereal”) +‎ cirkel (“circle”), calque of English crop circle. First attested in the early 1990s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraːnˌsɪr.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: graan‧cir‧kel

Noun

graancirkel m (plural graancirkels, diminutive graancirkeltje n)

1. crop circle (geometric figure in crop fields)