cerchiare

== Italian == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃerˈkja.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: cer‧chià‧re === Verb === cerchiàre (first-person singular present cérchio, first-person singular past historic cerchiài, past participle cerchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to hoop (put hoops around a barrel, etc.) (transitive) to rim (a wheel) (transitive) to circle (a word, sentence, etc.) (transitive) to surround, to encircle, to ring (transitive, archaic) to circle, to go around (a mountain, etc.) (intransitive, archaic) to turn, to rotate [auxiliary avere] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === cerchiare in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025 === Anagrams === carcherei, cercherai, cerchierà