different between circus vs platform

English

Etymology

From Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker, *ker (“to turn, to bend”). Doublet of cirque. Displaced native Old English hringsetl (literally “ring seat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??k?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?k?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?s

Noun

circus (plural circuses or circusses or circi)

1. A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

2. A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.

3. (figuratively) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
   • 2009, Christine Brooks, A Quiet Village (page 81)

     The village would be turned into a circus over this. He groaned, it was just the sort of case the media had a field day over. He had to get the whole thing sorted fast before anyone got wind of it.

4. (historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
5. (military, World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
6. (obsolete) Circuit; space; enclosure.
   • 1817, Lord Byron, The Lament of Tasso

     The narrow circus of my dungeon wall.

Coordinate terms

• (open space): concourse

Derived terms

• bread and circuses
• let's get this circus on the road
• media circus
• three-ring circus

Related terms

• circular
• circle

Translations

Verb

circus (third-person singular simple present circuses or circusses, present participle circusing or circussing, simple past and past participle circused or circussed)

1. To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus

References

Anagrams

• Curcis, Ruccis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.k?s/
• Hyphenation: cir?cus

Noun

circus n (plural circussen, diminutive circusje n)

1. circus (company of performers; place where this company performs)

Derived terms

• circusartiest
• circusclown
• circusdier
• circusshow
• circustent

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sirkus
• ? Indonesian: sirkus

See also

• beestenspel

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to ?????? (kríkos, “ring”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kir.kus/, [?k?rk?s?]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?kir.kus/, [?k?rk?s]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??ir.kus/, [?t??irkus]

Noun

circus m (genitive circ?); second declension

1. a circular line or orbit; circle, ring
2. a racecourse or space where games are held, especially one that is round
3. the spectators in a circus; a circus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• circus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• circus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin f?rma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?plætf??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?plætf??m/
• Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform (plural platforms)

1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

   Synonym: (not for artistic performances) podium

2. A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
3. A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion; a tribune.

   Synonym: (only regarding the physical structure) podium

4. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
5. (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
6. (automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
7. (computing) A computer system used to deliver services to clients; a solution
8. (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.
10. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
11. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
12. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
13. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
14. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• dais

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

platform (third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
2. (transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog

     And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open.

3. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
4. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
5. (transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).

   Antonyms: deplatform, no-platform

6. (film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.

See also

• Platform in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

• platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• platform (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform n (plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)

1. A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
2. A political platform, (electoral) program
3. A plateau
4. A flat roof
5. (obsolete) A ground-plan

Synonyms

• (physical) podium n, verhoog n
• (in a station) perron n
• (political) (kies)programma n
• (ground-plan) plattegrond

Derived terms

• kiesplatform n

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: platform

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plattform, from French plateforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pl?tform]
• Hyphenation: plat?form
• Rhymes: -orm

Noun

platform (plural platformok)

1. (politics) platform (electoral program)
2. (computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
3. platform (a flat surface)

Declension

Derived terms

• platformfüggetlen

References

Further reading

• platform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch platform, from Middle French plateforme (Modern French plate-forme), from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”)) + Latin f?rma (“shape; figure; form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?platf?rm]
• Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform

1. platform,
   1. a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

      Synonyms: program, rencana

   2. a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

      Synonyms: panggung, pentas, mimbar

   3. a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

      Synonym: peron

2. a political platform, (electoral) program.

Further reading

• “platform” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plateforme.

Noun

platform (definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)

1. platform
2. (transport, travel) platform

Declension

Synonyms

• (travel): peron