circo

== Aragonese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circus. Compare cerco, which is an inherited doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθiɾko/ IPA(key): /ˈsiɾko/ (Benasquese) Syllabification: cir‧co Rhymes: -iɾko === Noun === circo m (plural circos) circus === References === “circo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “circo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siʁ.ko/ === Noun === circo f (plural circos) (colloquial, politics) clipping of circonscription (“electoral district”) == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circus. Doublet of the now-archaic cerco (“circle, circus”), which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ko/ Rhymes: -irko Hyphenation: cìr‧co === Noun === circo m (plural circhi) circus corrie ==== Related terms ==== cerchio ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: cirk === References === === Anagrams === croci, ricco == Latin == === Etymology === From circus (“circle”) + -ō (verbal ending). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.ko] === Verb === circō (present infinitive circāre, perfect active circāvī, supine circātum); first conjugation, no passive to traverse, go about to wander through ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “circo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "circo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “circo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circus. === Pronunciation === === Noun === circo m (plural circos) circus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tetum: sirku === Further reading === “circo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “circo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “circo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circus. Compare cerco, which is an inherited doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθiɾko/ [ˈθiɾ.ko] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsiɾko/ [ˈsiɾ.ko] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iɾko Syllabification: cir‧co === Noun === circo m (plural circos) circus (a travelling company of performers) (historical) circus (a building for chariot-racing in Ancient Rome) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “circo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025