hémicycle

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hēmicyclium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμικύκλιον (hēmikúklion). === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /e.mi.sikl/ === Noun === hémicycle m (plural hémicycles) semicircle Synonym: demi-cercle (politics) the benches of the French National Assembly or a foreign parliamentary setting similarly configured ==== See also ==== amphithéâtre === Further reading === “hémicycle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012