"cirque" meaning in French

See cirque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /siʁk/ Audio: Fr-cirque.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-cirque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-cirque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cirque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cirque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cirque.wav Forms: cirques [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|circus}} Borrowed from Latin circus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cirque m (plural cirques)
  1. circus Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cirque-fr-noun-rNjWG2mD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Circus Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 43 37 4 Disambiguation of Circus: 90 2 7 1
  2. (geology) cirque Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cirque-fr-noun-ih~Jy3xU Categories (other): Geology, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 43 37 4 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. (historical) a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-cirque-fr-noun-RwFe8izo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Theater Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 43 37 4 Disambiguation of Theater: 15 23 48 13
  4. (colloquial) a mess, a disorder Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-cirque-fr-noun-Az2kK-dT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circassien Related terms: cercle

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circassien"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ar",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sīrk",
      "word": "سِيرْك"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sirk",
      "word": "سیرک"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sirk"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin circus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cirques",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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        },
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      ],
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      ]
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        "cirque"
      ],
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        ],
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          "cirque",
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        ]
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      ],
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        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
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        },
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          "name": "Theater",
          "orig": "fr:Theater",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The arena is full of blood",
          "text": "1875 (year of first performance), Chanson du Toréador from Carmen by Bizet\nle cirque est plein de sang",
          "translation": "The arena is full of blood",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire"
      ],
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        [
          "circular",
          "circular"
        ],
        [
          "arena",
          "arena"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire"
      ],
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        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What is this nonsense!",
          "text": "C'est quoi ce cirque !",
          "translation": "What is this nonsense!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mess, a disorder"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "mess",
          "mess#Noun_2"
        ],
        [
          "disorder",
          "disorder"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) a mess, a disorder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/siʁk/"
    },
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    },
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Circus",
    "fr:Theater"
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    {
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    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ar",
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      ],
      "roman": "sīrk",
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    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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      ],
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        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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          "circular"
        ],
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      ],
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              20
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          "text": "C'est quoi ce cirque !",
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        }
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      ],
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        ],
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}

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