cercler
French, verb/sɛʁ.kle/
cercler is spelled C-E-R-C-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cercler is a French verb meaning “to ring, hoop, encircle (with)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garnir, entourer de cerceaux, de cercles”.
What does cercler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ring, hoop, encircle (with)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garnir, entourer de cerceaux, de cercles. 2. Entourer comme d’un cercle. 3. Entourer de toutes parts.
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 cercler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cerclant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cerclé participle past
- cercle first-person indicative present
- cercles indicative present second-person
- cerclons first-person indicative plural
- cerclez indicative plural present
- cerclent indicative plural present
- cerclais first-person imperfect indicative
- cerclait imperfect indicative singular
- cerclions first-person imperfect indicative
- cercliez imperfect indicative plural
- cerclaient imperfect indicative plural
- cerclai first-person historic indicative
- cerclas historic indicative past
- cercla historic indicative past
- cerclâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cercler?
- /sɛʁ.kle/
- \sɛʁ.kle\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cercler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cercler in French?
cercler appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).