orbicular

English

WOTD – 6 September 2010

Etymology

From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (orb).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə/, /ɔːˈbɪk.jʊ.lə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ/, /ɔɹˈbɪk.jə.lɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

orbicular (comparative more orbicular, superlative most orbicular)

  1. Circular or spherical in shape; round.
    • 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:
      [] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; []
    • 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:
      The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orbiculaire, from Latin orbicularis.

Adjective

orbicular m or n (feminine singular orbiculară, masculine plural orbiculari, feminine and neuter plural orbiculare)

  1. orbicular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾbikuˈlaɾ/ [oɾ.β̞i.kuˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧cu‧lar

Adjective

orbicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbiculares)

  1. orbicular

Derived terms

  • músculo orbicular

Noun

orbicular m (plural orbiculares)

  1. orbicular muscle

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