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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cirque (“circular arena; cirque”), from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kírkos, “circle, ring; racecourse, circus”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). Doublet of circus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cirque (plural cirques)

1. (geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.

   Synonyms: corrie, combe, cwm
2. (dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus.

   Synonyms: circle, ring

Translations

Further reading

• cirque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?k/

Noun

cirque m (plural cirques)

1. circus
2. (geology) cirque
3. (historical) a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire
   • 1875 (year of first performance), Chanson du Toréador from Carmen by Bizet

     le cirque est plein de sang

     The arena is full of blood

4. (colloquial) a mess, a disorder

   C'est quoi ce cirque !

   What is this nonsense!

Derived terms

• circassien

Related terms

• cercle

Further reading

• “cirque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• crique

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) mistaking trans for a plural noun.

Noun

tran (plural trans)

1. (informal, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tran.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

tran (plural trans)

1. Clipping of transmission.

Anagrams

• Tarn, ar'n't, arn't, rant, tRNA, tarn, trna

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?an]

Verb

tran

1. to plant

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German tr?n, of Old Saxon verb trahan. Akin to German Träne (“tear”) and Tran (“whale oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr??n/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

tran f or m (definite singular (feminine) trana or (masculine) tranen)

1. (chiefly uncountable) cod liver oil

References

• “tran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From German Tran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tran/

Noun

tran m inan

1. fish oil

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) tranowy

Further reading

• tran in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tran in Polish dictionaries at PWN