cerce
French, noun/sɛʁs/
cerce is a French feminine noun meaning “curve of an arch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courbe d’une voussure, cintre d’une courbe”.
What does cerce mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecurve of an arch
- 2
femininespline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courbe d’une voussure, cintre d’une courbe. 2. Structure circulaire supportant un décor de spectacle, souvent réalisé en treillis. 3. Règle ou latte plate, permettant aux dessinateurs de plans de tracer des courbes. Cette latte est contrainte en flexion pour adopter la forme voulue. Connue également sous l'appellation anglophone de spline. 4. Feuille de bois mince que l'on ferme en cercle pour fabriquer des cribles et des tamis.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cerce
- cerces plural
- cerche
- cherche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerce?
- /sɛʁs/
- \sɛʁs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cerce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cerce in French?
cerce appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).