pair of compasses

English

Noun

pair of compasses (plural pairs of compasses)

(geometry) A technical drawing instrument consisting of two hinged legs, one typically equipped with a sharp metal point for anchoring and the other with a holder for a pencil or pen, designed to inscribe circles or arcs of an adjustable radius.
Synonym: compass

Hyponym: beam compass

Derived terms

beam compass
compass (alternate name})

Translations

tool used to draw circles

Arabic: فِرْجَار m (firjār), بِرْكَار m (birkār), دَوَّارَة f (dawwāra), بِيكَار m (bīkār)
Gulf Arabic: فرجار m (firjār)
Armenian: կարկին (hy) (karkin)
Azerbaijani: pərgar
Basque: konpas (eu)
Belarusian: цыркуль m (cyrkulʹ)
Bulgarian: перге́л (bg) m (pergél)
Catalan: compàs (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 圓規 / 圆规 (jyun⁴ kwai¹)

Literary Chinese: 規, 鉤

Mandarin: 圓規 / 圆规 (zh) (yuánguī)
Crimean Tatar: pergel
Czech: kružítko (cs) n
Danish: passer (da) c
Dutch: passer (nl) m
Esperanto: cirkelo (eo)
Estonian: sirkel (et)
Finnish: harppi (fi)
French: compas (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: passer c
Galician: compás (gl) m
Georgian: ფარგალი (ka) (pargali)
German: Zirkel (de) m
Greek: διαβήτης (el) m (diavítis)
Ancient Greek: διαβήτης m (diabḗtēs), καρκίνος m (karkínos)
Hawaiian: ʻūpā
Hebrew: מחוגה (he) f (mekhuga)
Hindi: परकार (hi) (parkār)
Hungarian: körző (hu)
Icelandic: sirkill (is) m, hringfari m
Indonesian: jangka (id)
Ingrian: tsirkkuli
Irish: compás m
Old Irish: gabalrind m
Italian: compasso (it)
Japanese: コンパス (ja) (konpasu)
Kalmyk: һортьг (ğortʹg)
Kannada: ಕೈವಾರ (kn) (kaivāra)
Korean: 컴퍼스 (ko) (keompeoseu), 콤파스 (kompaseu) (North Korea)
Latin: circinus m
Latvian: cirkulis (lv) m
Lithuanian: skriestuvas (lt) m
Macedonian: шестар m (šestar)
Malay: jangka lukis (ms)
Māori: tāporowhita, tuhiporowhita
Middle English: compas
Norwegian: passer (no) m
Ojibwe: waawiyebii'igan
Pannonian Rusyn: циркель m inan (cirkelʹ)
Persian: پرگار (fa) (pargâr)
Polish: cyrkiel (pl) m
Portuguese: compasso (pt) m
Romanian: compas (ro) n
Russian: ци́ркуль (ru) m (církulʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: šestar (sh) m
Slovak:
Old Slovak: cirkeľ m
Slovene: šestilo (sl) n
Spanish: compás (es) m
Swahili: bikari (sw)
Swedish: passare (sv) c
Tagalog: kompas, aguhon (tl)
Telugu: వృత్తలేఖిని (vr̥ttalēkhini)
Thai: วงเวียน (th) (wong-wiian), กงเวียน (th) (gong-wiian) (obsolete), กางเวียน (th) (gaang-wiian) (obsolete)
Turkish: pergel (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: پرگار (perger)
Ukrainian: циркуль (cyrkulʹ)
Uzbek: sirkul (uz)
Vietnamese: com-pa (vi)

pair of compasses

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