hémicycle

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin hēmicyclium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμικύκλιον (hēmikúklion).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /e.mi.sikl/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

hémicycle m (plural hémicycles)

  1. semicircle
    Synonym: demi-cercle
  2. (politics) the benches of the French National Assembly or a foreign parliamentary setting similarly configured

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