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- [surk]
- /sɜrk/
- /sɜːk/
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- [surk]
- /sɜrk/
Definitions of cirque word
- noun cirque a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier 3
- noun cirque a circle, circlet, or ring 3
- noun cirque a circular space or arrangement 3
- noun cirque a circle; ring 3
- noun cirque a circus 3
- noun cirque a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater 3
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Origin of cirque
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < French < Latin circus; see circus
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Parts of speech for Cirque
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cirque popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cirque usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cirque
noun cirque
- sphere — Geometry. a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 . the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- ring — a male given name.
- perimeter — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
Antonyms for cirque
noun cirque
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
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