cerchiare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hoop (put hoops around a barrel, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to rim (a wheel)
  3. (transitive) to circle (a word, sentence, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to surround, to encircle, to ring
  5. (archaic, transitive) to circle, to go around (a mountain, etc.)
  6. (archaic, intransitive) to turn, to rotate

Hyphenated as
cer‧chià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃerˈkja.re/
Etymology

From cerchio + -are, or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *circlāre < Late Latin circulāre, from Latin circulārī, and therefore doublet of the borrowing circolare. Compare French cercler.

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