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cirque.

A Roman circus.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɜːk/Received-Pronunciation/sɝk/General-American
  1. A Roman circus.

    historical
  2. A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.

  3. Something in the shape of a circle or ring.

    dated · literary
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French cirque (“circular arena; cirque”), from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring; racecourse, circus”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). Doublet of circus.

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