circunferencia

See also: circunferência

Galician

Etymology

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”).

Noun

circunferencia f (plural circunferencias)

1. circumference

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunfeˈɾenθja/ [θiɾ.kũɱ.feˈɾẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkunfeˈɾensja/ [siɾ.kũɱ.feˈɾẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: cir‧cun‧fe‧ren‧cia

Noun

circunferencia f (plural circunferencias)

1. circumference

Derived terms

• semicircunferencia

Further reading

• “circunferencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10