cercle

Noun

cercle (plural cercles)

1. Obsolete form of circle.

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

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Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

Further reading

• “cercle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cercle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cercle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cercle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

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)