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From Latin circumspectō (“look around”). Compare periscope.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.kəm.spɛkt/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.kəm.spɛkt/

circumspect (comparative more circumspect, superlative most circumspect)

1. Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
   Synonyms: cautious, chary, prudent, thoughtful, vigilant, wary
   Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.
   • 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Scottish reorganisation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 119:
     Comment must be circumspect until fuller particulars are available, [...].

• circumspective

• circumspectly

• circumspectness

• incircumspect

• overcircumspect

• uncircumspect

• circumspection

carefully aware of all circumstances

• Belarusian: аба́члівы (abáčlivy)

• Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen), предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv)

• Catalan: circumspecte

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 细心的 (zh), 慎重的 (zh)

• Czech: obezřetný (cs) m

• Danish: varsom (da), forsigtig

• Dutch: omzichtig (nl), behoedzaam (nl)

• Estonian: ettevaatlik

• Finnish: harkitsevainen (fi), varovainen (fi), huolellinen (fi), tarkkaavainen (fi)

• French: circonspect (fr)

• German: vorsichtig (de), umsichtig (de)

• Greek: επιφυλακτικός (el) (epifylaktikós)

• Hungarian: körültekintő (hu), óvatos (hu), elővigyázatos (hu)

• Italian: cauto (it) m, prudente (it) m or f

• Macedonian: претпазлив m (pretpazliv)

• Māori: pukumahara, whakatōngā

• Norwegian: omstendelig (no)

• Old English: besċēawod

• Persian: دوراندیش (fa) (dur-andiš)

• Polish: ostrożny (pl)

• Portuguese: prudente (pt), cuidadoso (pt), cauteloso (pt), circunspecto (pt), circunspeto (pt)

• Russian: осмотрительный (ru) (osmotritelʹnyj), бди́тельный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj)

• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ра́зборит, промишљат, о̏пре̄зан, свје̏стан
  Latin: rázborit (sh) m, promišljat, ȍprēzan (sh), svjȅstan (sh)

• Spanish: circunspecto (es), cauteloso (es), cauto (es), precavido (es), prudente (es)

• Ukrainian: оба́чний (obáčnyj), оба́чливий (obáčlyvyj)

• “circumspect”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Borrowed from Latin circumspectus or French circonspect.

circumspect m or n (feminine singular circumspectă, masculine plural circumspecți, feminine/neuter plural circumspecte)

1. circumspect, cautious, prudent