circlet

English

picture of Richard II of England wearing a circlet

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French cerclet, diminutive of cercle.

Noun

circlet (plural circlets)

1. A small circle.
2. A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head
3. A crown without arches or a covering.
   • Spenser

     Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.

4. A round body; an orb.

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   • Milton

     Fairest of stars […] that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet.

5. (UK, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.

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Translations

a small circle

• Bulgarian: кръгче n (krǎgče)
• Hungarian: köröcske
• Ido: ringo (io)
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• Italian: cerchiello m
• Spanish: circulito m

ornament worn on the head

• Bulgarian: диадема (bg) f (diadema)
• Italian: cerchiello m
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a crown without arches or a covering

• Bulgarian: диадема (bg) f (diadema)
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• French: diadème (fr)
• Hungarian: diadém

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} tiara (es) f
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