cercle
French, noun
cercle is spelled C-E-R-C-L-E (6 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written French, the 2,473rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cercle is a French masculine noun meaning “circle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cercler. With an accent, cerclé is a different word: “encircled”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans un plan euclidien, lieu de tous les points équidistants d’un point donné appelé le centre du cercle. La…”.
What does cercle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecircle
- 2
masculinegroup of people, circle
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
encircled
verb
- 1
past participle of cercler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans un plan euclidien, lieu de tous les points équidistants d’un point donné appelé le centre du cercle. La distance au centre s’appelle le rayon. 2. Ligne circulaire, circonférence. 3. Toute pièce de métal ou d’autre matière, formant un cercle, qu’on met autour d’une chose pour la serrer, la lier ou l’orner. 4. Sorte de moule sans fond de forme cylindrique, servant à confectionner des gâteaux ou des entrées.
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 cercle
- cercles plural
- cerclée feminine
- cerclés masculine plural
- cerclées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cercle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cercle in French?
cercle appears 33 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).