circum-

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circum-, from circum, from circus. See also circle and circus. === Prefix === circum- around, surrounding ==== Synonyms ==== (around): peri-, para- ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== circa == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin circum-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kum/ Hyphenation: cir‧cum- === Prefix === circum- circum- Synonym: circon- ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Combining form of circum (“round about”, “in a circle around”, adverb and preposition). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.kum] === Prefix === circum- circum- (round, about) ==== Usage notes ==== Derivations of this suffix frequently occur divisim. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “circum III”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “circum-” on page 318/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === circun- === Etymology === From Latin circum-. === Prefix === circum- circum- (around) ==== Usage notes ==== Circum- with a hyphen is used before M, N, H and vowels, while circum- with no hyphen is used before P and B; otherwise circun- with no hyphen is used. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “circum-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “circum-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Prefix === circum- alternative form of circun- === Further reading === “circum-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025