orbicular
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə/, /ɔːˈbɪk.jʊ.lə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ/, /ɔɹˈbɪk.jə.lɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
orbicular (comparative more orbicular, superlative most orbicular)
- Circular or spherical in shape; round.
- 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:
- […] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; […]
- 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:
- The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.
- 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:
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Translations edit
circular or spherical in shape
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French orbiculaire, from Latin orbicularis.
Adjective edit
orbicular m or n (feminine singular orbiculară, masculine plural orbiculari, feminine and neuter plural orbiculare)
Declension edit
Declension of orbicular
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | orbicular | orbiculară | orbiculari | orbiculare | ||
definite | orbicularul | orbiculara | orbicularii | orbicularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | orbicular | orbiculare | orbiculari | orbiculare | ||
definite | orbicularului | orbicularei | orbicularilor | orbicularelor |
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Adjective edit
orbicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbiculares)
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Noun edit
orbicular m (plural orbiculares)
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Further reading edit
- “orbicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014