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cerchiare.

to hoop (put hoops around a barrel, etc.)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/t͡ʃerˈkja.re/
  1. to hoop (put hoops around a barrel, etc.)

    error-lua-exec · transitive
  2. to rim (a wheel)

    error-lua-exec · transitive
  3. to circle (a word, sentence, etc.)

    error-lua-exec · transitive
  4. to surround, to encircle, to ring

    error-lua-exec · transitive
  5. to circle, to go around (a mountain, etc.)

    archaic · error-lua-exec · transitive
  6. to turn, to rotate

    archaic · error-lua-exec · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From cerchio + -are, or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *circlāre < Late Latin circulāre, from Latin circulārī, and therefore doublet of the borrowing circolare. Compare French cercler.

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