cirque
pronunciation
How to pronounce cirque in British English:
UK [sɜ:k]
How to pronounce cirque in American English:
US [sɜrk]
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- Noun:
- a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Word Origin
- cirque (n.)
- c. 1600, "a circus," from French cirque (14c.), from Latin circus (see circus). Compare Italian and Spanish circo.
Example
- 1. Please tell me you have tickets to see cirque du soleil .
- 2. Cirque moved to new headquarters in montreal , which are designed to promote teamwork .
- 3. 2 / 12 Santa monica , us : cirque du soleil perform during a preview of a forthcoming show
- 4. He has real " attitude . " He is yellow and black , with cirque du soleil advertisement on back .
- 5. The cirque du soleil , which laliberte founded in 1984 , fuses acrobatics with music and has made him the world 's 261st richest man with a fortune of 2.5 billion dollars , according to forbes magazine .