cerchiare
Meaning
- (transitive) to hoop (put hoops around a barrel, etc.)
- (transitive) to rim (a wheel)
- (transitive) to circle (a word, sentence, etc.)
- (transitive) to surround, to encircle, to ring
- (archaic, transitive) to circle, to go around (a mountain, etc.)
- (archaic, intransitive) to turn, to rotate
Synonyms
Translations
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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