circo

See also: Circo

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus. Compare cerco, which is an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiɾko/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾko/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: cir‧co
• Rhymes: -iɾko

Noun

circo m (plural circos)

1. circus

References

• “circo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “circo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siʁ.ko/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

circo f (plural circos)

1. (colloquial, politics) clipping of circonscription (“electoral district”)
   • 2024 July 8, Romain Cantenot, “Le RN perd Avignon mais conforte son ancrage”, in La Provence, page 7:

     Une circo de perdue, une de gagnée, et un pari manqué pour le RN, qui espérait décrocher la dernière des circonscriptions qui lui avait échappé en 2022 pour s'arroger les cinq fauteuils vauclusiens dans l'Hémicycle.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus. Doublet of the now-archaic cerco (“circle, circus”), which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ko/
• Rhymes: -irko
• Hyphenation: cìr‧co

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

circo m (plural circhi)

1. circus
2. corrie

Related terms

• cerchio

Anagrams

• croci, ricco

Latin

Etymology

From circus (“circle”) + -ō (verbal ending).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.ko]

Verb

circō (present infinitive circāre, perfect active circāvī, supine circātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to traverse, go about
2. to wander through

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circō (first conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circō		circās		circat		circāmus		circātis		circant
	imperfect	circābam		circābās		circābat		circābāmus		circābātis		circābant
	future	circābō		circābis		circābit		circābimus		circābitis		circābunt
	perfect	circāvī		circāvistī		circāvit		circāvimus		circāvistis		circāvērunt, circāvēre
	pluperfect	circāveram		circāverās		circāverat		circāverāmus		circāverātis		circāverant
	future perfect	circāverō		circāveris		circāverit		circāverimus		circāveritis		circāverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circem		circēs		circet		circēmus		circētis		circent
	imperfect	circārem		circārēs		circāret		circārēmus		circārētis		circārent
	perfect	circāverim		circāverīs		circāverit		circāverīmus		circāverītis		circāverint
	pluperfect	circāvissem		circāvissēs		circāvisset		circāvissēmus		circāvissētis		circāvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circā		—		—		circāte		—
	future	—		circātō		circātō		—		circātōte		circantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circāre			—			circāns			—
future		circātūrum esse			—			circātūrus			—
perfect		circāvisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		circātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circandī		circandō		circandum		circandō		circātum		circātū

Derived terms

• circātor (Medieval Latin)
• circitō

Descendants

• Asturian: cercar
• Catalan: cercar
• Franco-Provençal: chèrchiér
• Friulian: cercjâ, cerčhâ
• Italian: cercare
• Neapolitan: cercare
• Occitan: cercar
• Old French: cerchier, cercer, cercher, cergier, cerquer, chercher, sercheer, serchere, serchier, secher, sericher
  • Bourguignon: sarchai, charchai
  • Champenois: charcher, sarcher
  • Middle French: chercher, cercher
    • French: chercher
  • → Middle English: serchen, cerchen, scherchen, seerchen, seergyn, serce, serche, serchyn, serge, sergen
    • English: search
    • Scots: sairch
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cercar
  • Galician: cercar
  • Portuguese: cercar (see there for further descendants)
• Romanian: cerca, cercare, încerca, încercare
• Romansh: tschertgar, tschercar, tscharcar, tschercher
• Sardinian: chilcare, chircare, chiscare, cicai, cicari
• Sicilian: circari
• Spanish: cercar
• Venetan: çercar, sercar
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: kërkoj
  • → Esperanto: serĉi
  • → Middle Polish: ceklować

References

• “circo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "circo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “circo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

circo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku/ [ˈsih.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku/ [ˈsih.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku/ [ˈsiχ.ku]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɻ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ko/ [ˈsih.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ku/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

circo m (plural circos)

1. circus

Derived terms

• pão e circo
• ver o circo pegar fogo

Related terms

• circense
• círculo

Descendants

• → Tetum: sirku

Further reading

• “circo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “circo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “circo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus. Compare cerco, which is an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiɾko/ [ˈθiɾ.ko] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾko/ [ˈsiɾ.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iɾko
• Syllabification: cir‧co

Noun

circo m (plural circos)

1. circus (a travelling company of performers)
2. (historical) circus (a building for chariot-racing in Ancient Rome)

Derived terms

• monto un circo y me crecen los enanos

Related terms

• círculo

Further reading

• “circo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025