"graancirkel" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɣraːnˌsɪr.kəl/ Audio: Nl-graancirkel.ogg Forms: graancirkels [plural], graancirkeltje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From graan (“grain, corn, cereal”) + cirkel (“circle”), calque of English crop circle. First attested in the early 1990s. Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|graan|cirkel|t1=grain, corn, cereal|t2=circle}} graan (“grain, corn, cereal”) + cirkel (“circle”), {{calque|nl|en|crop circle|nocap=1}} calque of English crop circle Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|+}} graancirkel m (plural graancirkels, diminutive graancirkeltje n)
  1. crop circle (geometric figure in crop fields) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-graancirkel-nl-noun-bkgMFHi7 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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