Mary placed the chairs in a semicircle.
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Semicircle
Synonyms for "semicircle" (30 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἡμικύκλιον noun (half of a circle)
Armenian
1 entries- կիսաշրջան noun (half of a circle)
Asturian
1 entries- semicírculu noun (half of a circle)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yarımdairə noun (half of a circle)
Belarusian
2 entries- паўко́ла noun (half of a circle)
- паўкру́г noun (half of a circle)
Bengali
1 entries- অর্ধবৃত্ত noun (half of a circle)
Bulgarian
1 entries- полукръг noun (half of a circle)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- піл'коля noun (half of a circle)
Catalan
1 entries- semicercle noun (half of a circle)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 半圓 /半圆 noun (half of a circle)
Czech
1 entries- půlkruh noun (half of a circle)
Estonian
1 entries- poolring noun (half of a circle)
Faroese
2 entries- hálvringur noun (half of a circle)
- hálvsirkul noun (half of a circle)
Finnish
1 entries- puoliympyrä noun (half of a circle)
French
1 entries- demi-cercle noun (half of a circle)
Galician
1 entries- semicírculo noun (half of a circle)
German
1 entries- Halbkreis noun (half of a circle)
Greek
1 entries- ημικύκλιο noun (half of a circle)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲצִי עִגּוּל noun (half of a circle)
Hungarian
1 entries- félkör noun (half of a circle)
Italian
1 entries- semicerchio noun (half of a circle)
Japanese
1 entries- 半円 noun (half of a circle)
Korean
1 entries- 반원 noun (half of a circle)
Lao
1 entries- ເຄິ່ງວົງກົມ noun (half of a circle)
Latin
2 entries- hēmicyclium noun (half of a circle)
- sēmicirculus noun (half of a circle)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- halvsirkel noun (half of a circle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- halvsirkel noun (half of a circle)
Occitan
1 entries- semicercle noun (half of a circle)
Persian
2 entries- نیمدایره noun (half of a circle)
- نیمگرد noun (half of a circle)
Polish
2 entries- półkole noun (half of a circle)
- półokrąg noun (half of a circle)
Portuguese
1 entries- semicírculo noun (half of a circle)
Romanian
1 entries- semicerc noun (half of a circle)
Russian
1 entries- полукру́г noun (half of a circle)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वृत्तार्ध noun (half of a circle)
Spanish
1 entries- semicírculo noun (half of a circle)
Swedish
1 entries- halvcirkel noun (half of a circle)
Tagalog
2 entries- balinugnog noun (half of a circle)
- hatimbilog noun (half of a circle)
Thai
1 entries- ครึ่งวงกลม noun (half of a circle)
Ukrainian
1 entries- півко́ло noun (half of a circle)
Welsh
1 entries- hanner cylch noun (half of a circle)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The teacher asked the students to place their chairs in a semicircle.
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The teacher asked the students to draw their desks together into a semicircle.
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They sat in a semicircle around the fire.
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