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circuit

French, noun/siʁ.kɥi/

circuit is spelled C-I-R-C-U-I-T (7 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,714th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circuit is a French masculine noun meaning “circuit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pourtour d’un lieu déterminé”.

What does circuit mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecircuit

  2. 2

    masculinetour

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pourtour d’un lieu déterminé. 2. Chemin fixé d’avance que doivent parcourir tous les concurrents d’une course pour revenir au point de départ. 3. Détour. 4. Parcours organisé.

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 circuit

  • circuits plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce circuit?

  • /siʁ.kɥi/
  • \siʁ.kɥi\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to circuit

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is circuit in French?

circuit appears 30 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).

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