circ
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /sɝk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɜːk/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Etymology 1
editSee circus.
Noun
editcirc (plural circs)
- (obsolete) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
- 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
- It is remarkable, that circs of the same ſort are still to be seen in Cornwall
Etymology 2
editClipping of circumcision. Clipping of circumcise.
Noun
editcirc (plural circs)
- (informal) Circumcision.
- 2001, Richard Gordon, Great Medical Mysteries, House of Stratus, published 2001, →ISBN, page 65:
- During the pre-NHS 1930s, circumcision was as fashionable among the British middle class as confirmation. Breech deliveries were said to be popular with both obstetrician and anaesthetist, a boy assuring them early in the birth of 'a couple of guineas next week for the circ.'
- 2011, Michelle Au, This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood[1], Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
- The circ is progressing apace when, without warning, one of the nurses bursts in from outside, and I mean bursts in, as opposed to entering soundlessly and unobtrusively as we all try to (with the exception of the attending surgeons, who always burst in), and tells us, "Someone just crashed a plane into one of the Twin Towers."
- 2011, Maggie Kozel, The Color of Atmosphere: One Doctor's Journey In and Out of Medicine, Chelsea Green Publishing, published 2011, →ISBN, page 50:
- Ironically, our Japanese-born colleague Seiji, who came from a culture that did not circumcise, had no problem with it. In fact, he was amazing to behold. Seiji could finish a "slice and dice," as we called it, before I could even get my gloves on. Bob and I would change every poopy, slimy diaper in that nursery just to stall until Seiji finished the circs.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:circ.
Derived terms
editVerb
editcirc (third-person singular simple present circs, present participle circing, simple past and past participle circed)
- (informal) To circumcise.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:circ.
See also
edit- circs (circumstances)
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcirc m (plural circs)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “circ” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “circ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “circ” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Irish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcirc f
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
circ | chirc | gcirc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 217, page 111
Occitan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcirc m (plural circs)
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcirc
- inflection of cerc:
- accusative and dative singular
- nominative and vocative and accusative dual
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
circ | chirc | circ pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editcirc n (plural circuri)
Declension
editDeclension of circ
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) circ | circul | (niște) circuri | circurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) circ | circului | (unor) circuri | circurilor |
vocative | circule | circurilor |
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