circumpolar

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UK/ˌsɜː.kʌmˈpəʊ.lə/US/ˌsɝ.kʌmˈpoʊ.lɚ/

adjective

Located or found throughout a polar region.

“a circumpolar star”

Similar
visibleseeablepolar
OriginEnglish polar ← Late Latin polāri ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectivecircumpolar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated or found throughout a polar region.
  2. not comparableastronomyOf a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.

    a circumpolar star

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel

Similar
visibleseeable

adjectivelocated or found throughout a polar region

Similar
polar
Also see
polarseeablevisible

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
  3. Latincircus
  4. Latincircum
  5. Latincircum-
  6. Englishcircum-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷól-os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pólos
  10. Ancient Greekπόλος (pólos)
  11. Latinpolus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinpolāri
  15. Englishpolar
  16. Englishcircumpolar

From circum- + polar.

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Translations

Catalan circumpolar
  • circumpolarlocated or found throughout a polar region
Dutch circumpolair
  • circumpolairlocated or found throughout a polar region
French circumpolaire
  • circumpolairelocated or found throughout a polar region
Irish impholach, timpholach
  • impholachlocated or found throughout a polar region
  • timpholachcontinually visible above the horizon
Persian پیراقطبی
  • پیراقطبی (pirâqotbi)located or found throughout a polar region
Polish okołobiegunowy, okołobiegunowy
  • okołobiegunowylocated or found throughout a polar region
  • okołobiegunowycontinually visible above the horizon
Portuguese circumpolar
  • circumpolarlocated or found throughout a polar region
Swedish cirkumpolär, cirkumpolär
  • cirkumpolärlocated or found throughout a polar region
  • cirkumpolärcontinually visible above the horizon

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with circumpolar

solarcontrollerrollerpolarbipolarstrollercomptrollerbowlermolaralveolarvacuolarunipolardipolarbronchoalveolartrollerpollernonpolarosmolarmultipolarpatrollerequimolarpolerarteriolarbronchiolar
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Cite this entry
APA

circumpolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumpolar

MLA

“circumpolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumpolar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumpolar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumpolar.

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