semicircle

See also: semi-circle

English

semicircle (1)

semicircle (2)

Etymology

From semi- +‎ circle.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

semicircle (plural semicircles)

Half of a circle.
A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.
Synonym: graphometer
(soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.
Synonyms: penalty arc, the D

Translations

half of a circle

Armenian: կիսաշրջան (hy) (kisašrǰan)
Asturian: semicírculu m
Azerbaijani: yarımdairə
Belarusian: паўкру́г m (paŭkrúh), паўко́ла n (paŭkóla)
Bengali: অর্ধবৃত্ত (bn) (ordhobritto)
Bulgarian: полукръг (polukrǎg)
Carpathian Rusyn: піл'коля (pilʺkolja)
Catalan: semicercle (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半圓／半圆 (zh) (bànyuán)
Estonian: poolring
Faroese: hálvringur m, hálvsirkul m
Finnish: puoliympyrä (fi)
French: demi-cercle (fr) m
Galician: semicírculo (gl) m
German: Halbkreis (de) m
Greek: ημικύκλιο (el) n (imikýklio)
Ancient: ἡμικύκλιον n (hēmikúklion)
Hebrew: חֲצִי עִגּוּל m (khatsí igúl)
Hungarian: félkör (hu)
Italian: semicerchio (it) m
Japanese: 半円 (ja) (han'en)
Korean: 반원(半圓) (ko) (banwon)
Lao: ເຄິ່ງວົງກົມ (khœng wong kom)
Latin: sēmicirculus m, hēmicyclium n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: halvsirkel m

Nynorsk: halvsirkel m
Occitan: semicercle m
Persian: نیمدایره (fa) (nimdâyere), نیمگرد (nimgerd)
Polish: półkole (pl) n, półokrąg m
Portuguese: semicírculo (pt) m
Romanian: semicerc (ro) n
Russian: полукру́г (ru) m (polukrúg)
Sanskrit: वृत्तार्ध (sa) (vṛttārdha)
Spanish: semicírculo (es) m
Swedish: halvcirkel (sv) c
Tagalog: hatimbilog, balinugnog
Thai: ครึ่งวงกลม (th) (krʉ̂ng-wong-glom)
Ukrainian: півко́ло n (pivkólo)
Welsh: hanner cylch m

graphometer — see graphometer

penalty arc — see penalty arc

Verb

semicircle (third-person singular simple present semicircles, present participle semicircling, simple past and past participle semicircled)

(transitive, intransitive) To travel or move around in a semicircle.