circumpolar

English

Circumpolar stars in a 30 min. exposure

Etymology

From circum- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• 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

Translations

located or found throughout a polar region

• Dutch: circumpolair
• Ido: cirkumpola (io)
• Persian: پیراقطبی (pīrāγotbī)
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• Polish: okołobiegunowy (pl)
• Portuguese: circumpolar
• Swedish: cirkumpolär (sv)

continually visible above the horizon

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• circunpolar

Etymology

From circum- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɾkũpuˈlaɾ/
• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧po‧lar

Adjective

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
• Template:R:Dicionário informal
• “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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French circumpolaire.

Adjective

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

1. circumpolar

Declension

Declension of circumpolar

		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

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Spanish

Etymology

From circun- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾkumpoˈlaɾ/ [θiɾ.kũm.poˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkumpoˈlaɾ/ [siɾ.kũm.poˈlaɾ]

Adjective

circumpolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural circumpolares)

1. (astronomy, etc.) circumpolar

Further reading

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