Italian | English |
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circon- adjective | circum-(prefix meaning "around") |
circoncidere verb | circumcise [circumcised, circumcising, circumcises](to remove the foreskin from the penis) |
circoncisione noun {f} | circumcision [circumcisions]noun |
circonciso adjective {m} | circumcised(of a man) cut(colloquial: circumcised (see also circumcised)) |
circondare verb | beset [beset, beset, besetting, besets](to surround or hem in) circle [circled, circling, circles](surround) encircle [encircled, encircling, encircles](surround) encompass [encompassed, encompassing, encompasses](encircle) engulf [engulfed, engulfing, engulfs](surround; cover) envelop [envelopped, envelopping, envelops](to surround or enclose) girdle [girdled, girdling, girdles](to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means) surround [surrounded, surrounding, surrounds](to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions) |
circonduzione noun {f} | circumduction [circumductions]noun |
circonferenza noun {f} | circumference [circumferences](line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object) girth [girths](the distance measured around an object) |
circonferenza unitaria noun {f} | unit circle(circle of radius 1) |
circonfisso noun {m} | circumfix(affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element) |
circonflesso adjective | circumflex(with circumflex accent) |
circonflesso noun {m} | circumflex [circumflexes](circumflex accent) |
circonflettere verb | circumflex [circumflexed, circumflexing, circumflexes](to mark or pronounce with circumflex) |
Circonio proper noun | Cerknicaproper noun |
circonlocuzione noun | circumbendibus(a roundabout or confusing manner) |
circonlocuzione noun {f} | circumlocution [circumlocutions](roundabout expression) circumstance [circumstances](circumlocution; detail) |
circonvallazione noun {f} | ring road(highway) |
circonvenire verb | circumvent [circumvented, circumventing, circumvents](to avoid or get around something) |