circo
See also: Circo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circus. Doublet of the now-obsolete cerco (“circle; circus”),[1] which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ko/
- Rhymes: -irko
- Hyphenation: cìr‧co
Noun
circo m (plural circhi)
- circus
- corrie
Related terms
- cerchio
References
- Accademia della Crusca (1729–1738), “cerco”, in Vocabolario degli accademici della Crusca, 4 edition – on www.lessicografia.it
Anagrams
- croci, ricco
Latin
Etymology
From circus (“circle”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.koː/, [ˈkɪrkoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ko/, [ˈt͡ʃirko]
Verb
circō (present infinitive circāre, perfect active circāvī, supine circātum); first conjugation, no passive
- I traverse, go about
- I wander through
Conjugation
Conjugation of circō (first conjugation, active only) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | circō | circās | circat | circāmus | circātis | circant |
imperfect | circābam | circābās | circābat | circābāmus | circābātis | circābant | |
future | circābō | circābis | circābit | circābimus | circābitis | circābunt | |
perfect | circāvī | circāvistī | circāvit | circāvimus | circāvistis | circāvērunt, circāvēre | |
pluperfect | circāveram | circāverās | circāverat | circāverāmus | circāverātis | circāverant | |
future perfect | circāverō | circāveris | circāverit | circāverimus | circāveritis | circāverint | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | circem | circēs | circet | circēmus | circētis | circent |
imperfect | circārem | circārēs | circāret | circārēmus | circārētis | circārent | |
perfect | circāverim | circāverīs | circāverit | circāverīmus | circāverītis | circāverint | |
pluperfect | circāvissem | circāvissēs | circāvisset | circāvissēmus | circāvissētis | circāvissent | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | circā | — | — | circāte | — |
future | — | circātō | circātō | — | circātōte | circantō | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | circāre | circāvisse | circātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | circāns | — | circātūrus | — | — | — | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
circandī | circandō | circandum | circandō | circātum | circātū |
Derived terms
- circitō
- circātor
Descendants
- Albanian: kërkoj
- Asturian: cercar
- Catalan: cercar
- Esperanto: serĉi
- Friulian: cercjâ, cerčhâ
- Galician: cercar
- Italian: cercare
- Neapolitan: cercà
- Occitan: cercar
- Old French: cerchier, cercer, cercher, cergier, cerquer, chercher, sercheer, serchere, serchier; secher, sericher
- Middle French: chercher, cercher
- French: chercher
- → Middle English: serchen, cerchen, scherchen, seerchen, seergyn, serce, serche, serchyn, serge, sergen
- English: search
- Scots: sairch
- Middle French: chercher, cercher
- Old Portuguese: cercar
- Portuguese: cercar
- Romanian: cerca, cercare, încerca, încercare
- Romansch: tschertgar, tschercar, tscharcar, tschercher
- Sardinian: chilcare, chircare, chiscare, cicai, cicari
- Sicilian: circari
- Spanish: cercar
- Venetian: çercar, sercar
References
- “circo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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
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circo
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circus.
Pronunciation
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Noun
circo m (plural circos)
- circus
Related terms
- círculo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circus. Compare cerco, which is an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾko/ [ˈθiɾ.ko]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾko/ [ˈsiɾ.ko]
- 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
- monto un circo y me crecen los enanos
Related terms
- círculo
Further reading
- “circo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014