circumpolar

English

Circumpolar stars in a 30 min. exposure

Etymology

From circum- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

circumpolar (not comparable)

1. Located or found throughout a polar region.
2. (astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.

   a circumpolar star

Derived terms

• noncircumpolar

 

Translations

located or found throughout a polar region

• Dutch: circumpolair (nl)
• Ido: cirkumpola (io)
• Irish: impholach
• Persian: پیراقطبی (pirâqotbi)
• Polish: okołobiegunowy (pl)
• Portuguese: circumpolar
• Swedish: cirkumpolär (sv)

continually visible above the horizon

• Irish: timpholach
• Polish: okołobiegunowy (pl)
• Swedish: cirkumpolär (sv)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• circunpolar

Etymology

From circum- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.poˈlaʁ/ [sih.kũ.poˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.poˈlaʁ/ [sih.kũ.poˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.poˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.poˈlaʁ/ [siχ.kũ.poˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũ.poˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.puˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.puˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.puˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧po‧lar

Adjective

circumpolar m or f (plural circumpolares)

1. circumpolar (located throughout a polar region)
2. (astronomy) circumpolar

Further reading

• “circumpolar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “circumpolar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “circumpolar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “circumpolar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “circumpolar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “circumpolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French circumpolaire.

Adjective

circumpolar m or n (feminine singular circumpolară, masculine plural circumpolari, feminine and neuter plural circumpolare)

1. circumpolar

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	circumpolar		circumpolară		circumpolari	circumpolare
	definite	circumpolarul		circumpolara		circumpolarii	circumpolarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	circumpolar		circumpolare		circumpolari	circumpolare
	definite	circumpolarului		circumpolarei		circumpolarilor	circumpolarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From circun- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾkumpoˈlaɾ/ [θiɾ.kũm.poˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkumpoˈlaɾ/ [siɾ.kũm.poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cir‧cum‧po‧lar

Adjective

circumpolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural circumpolares)

1. (astronomy, etc.) circumpolar

Further reading

• “circumpolar”, 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