cercle

See also: cerclé

English

Noun

cercle (plural cercles)

1. Obsolete form of circle.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan cercle, inherited from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus. Doublet of cèrcol and the presumably semi-learnèd círcol (now obsolete). Cf. Occitan cercle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞r.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈser.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾ.kle]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈser.kle]

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Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

Alternative forms

• círcol (obsolete)

Derived terms

• cerclar
• cercle viciós
• encerclar
• semicercle

Related terms

• cercar
• circ
• circular

Further reading

• “cercle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cercle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cercle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cercle”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cercle, from Latin circulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁkl/

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Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

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

Derived terms

• cercle polaire
• cercle trigonométrique
• cercle unité
• cercle vertueux
• cercle vicieux
• cercler
• encercler
• quadrature du cercle

Related terms

• cerceau
• cerce
• chercher
• circulaire
• cirque

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sèk

Verb

cercle

1. inflection of cercler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cercle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cercle, from Latin circulus, from circus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

Related terms

• cercar
• circulari
• cirque

Old French

Etymology

From Latin circulus, from circus.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡seɾklə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛɾklə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾklə/

Noun

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

1. circle (shape)

Related terms

• cercel
• cerchier

Descendants

• French: cercle
  • Haitian Creole: sèk
• Norman: cèrcl'ye (Jersey)
• Walloon: ceke
• → Middle English: cercle, circle (Latin-influenced)
  • English: circle
  • Scots: circle