cercle

From Old Occitan cercle, from Latin circulus, from circus. Compare the borrowed or semi-learned doublets cèrcol, círcol (the latter being obsolete).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾ.klə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈser.klə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾ.kle/

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

• círcol (obsolete)

• cerclar
• encerclar

• cercar
• circ
• circular

• “cercle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old French cercle, from Latin circulus.

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁkl/

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cercle m (plural cercles)

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

• cercler
• cercle vertueux
• cercle vicieux
• encercler

• cerceau
• cerce
• chercher
• circulaire
• cirque

• Haitian Creole: sèk

cercle

1. first-person singular present indicative of cercler
2. third-person singular present indicative of cercler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cercler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cercler
5. second-person singular imperative of cercler

• “cercle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

cercle m (plural cercles)

1. circle

• cercar
• circulari
• cirque

From Latin circulus, from circus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtser.klə/

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

1. circle (shape)

• cercel
• cerchier

• French: cercle
  • Haitian Creole: sèk
• Norman: cèrcl'ye (Jersey)
• Tourangeau: çarque
• Walloon: ceke
• → Middle English: cercle