Cirque Definition

sûrk
noun
A circular space or arrangement.
Webster's New World
A circle; ring.
Webster's New World
A steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater.
Webster's New World
A circus.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cirque

Noun

Singular:
cirque
Plural:
cirques

Origin of Cirque

  • Borrowing from French cirque, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”) .

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Latin circus circle circle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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