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cercle

See also: cerclé

English

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Noun

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cercle (plural cercles)

  1. Obsolete form of circle.

Catalan

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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cercle m (plural cercles)

  1. circle

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French cercle, from Latin circulus.

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cercle m (plural cercles)

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

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  • Haitian Creole: sèk

Verb

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cercle

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

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Occitan

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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cercle m (plural cercles)

  1. circle
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin circulus, from circus.

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

  1. circle (shape)
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