different between semicircular vs underwire

English

Etymology

semi- +? circular

Adjective

semicircular (not comparable)

1. In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.

Alternative forms

• semi-circular

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

semicercle +? -ar

Adjective

semicircular (masculine and feminine plural semicirculars)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semicircular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French semi-circulaire

Adjective

semicircular m or n (feminine singular semicircular?, masculine plural semicirculari, feminine and neuter plural semicirculare)

1. semicircular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

semicírculo +? -ar

Adjective

semicircular (plural semicirculares)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

under- +? wire

Noun

underwire (plural underwires)

1. A semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.
2. A bra that includes such wires.

Translations

Verb

underwire (third-person singular simple present underwires, present participle underwiring, simple past and past participle underwired)

1. To fix such a wire in place.