different between circa vs virtually

English

Alternative forms

• ca., ca, or c.; rarely cca. or cir. (abbreviations)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?k?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k?
• Hyphenation: cir?ca

Preposition

circa

1. Approximately, about, around.

Translations

Anagrams

• ARCIC, Ricca, craic

Czech

Alternative forms

• cirka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?rka]

Adverb

circa

1. circa, approximately

Synonyms

• cca

Further reading

• circa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• circa in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Alternative forms

• ca.
• c.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.ka?/
• Hyphenation: cir?ca

Preposition

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

Adverb

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?.ka/

Preposition

circa

1. approximately, about

German

Alternative forms

• zirka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s??ka]

Adverb

circa

1. circa

Synonyms

• etwa
• ungefähr

Further reading

• “circa” in Duden online
• “circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ir.ka/
• Hyphenation: cìr?ca
• Rhymes: -irka

Preposition

circa

1. regarding, concerning

Adverb

circa

1. about, approximately

Anagrams

• ricca

Latin

Etymology

A later form for circum, or from circum + e?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kir.ka?/, [?k?rkä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??ir.ka/, [?t??irk?]

Adverb

circ? (not comparable)

1. around; about

Preposition

circ? (+ accusative)

1. around; near; about
2. regarding, concerning

Related terms

• circus

Descendants

References

• circa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• circa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• circa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Adverb

circa

1. approximately, about, or so

Synonyms

• cam

English

Etymology

virtual +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?t??u??i]

Adverb

virtually (comparative more virtually, superlative most virtually)

1. Almost but not quite.

   Synonym: as good as

2. Without exaggeration.
3. In essence, but not in fact.
4. (algebra) Of a substructure of finite index.

5. (topology) Of a covering space of finite index.

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