cercle

Etymology

From Old Occitan cercle, from Vulgar Latin *circlus, from Latin circulus, from circus. Compare the borrowed or semi-learned doublets cèrcol, círcol (the latter being obsolete).

Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

Further reading

• “cercle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Old French cercle, from Vulgar Latin *circlus, syncopated form of from Classical Latin circulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁkl/

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Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. (geometry) circle
2. group of people, circle

Verb

cercle

1. first-person singular present indicative of cercler
2. third-person singular present indicative of cercler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cercler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of cercler
5. second-person singular imperative of cercler

Further reading

• “cercle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old Occitan cercle, from Vulgar Latin *circlus, from Latin circulus, from circus.

Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *circlus, from Latin circulus, from circus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtser.klə/

Noun

cercle m (oblique plural cercles, nominative singular cercles, nominative plural cercle)

1. circle (shape)