cirque — meaning in English
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English meaning
- circus noun A travelling show featuring acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, traditionally performed in a large tent.
- cirque noun A bowl-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by glacial erosion, usually at the head of a valley.
- corrie noun A steep, bowl-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by a glacier.
- cwm noun A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
Senses
cirque is used for these senses in English:
- Wild West (by extension) A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system.
- circus 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.]
- cirque (geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
- corrie (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
- cwm A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
circus — full definition
- noun A travelling show featuring acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, traditionally performed in a large tent.
- noun A chaotic, noisy, or ridiculous situation.
- noun A round open space in a town where several streets converge, especially in Britain.