circuler
French, verb/siʁ.ky.le/
circuler is spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circuler is a French verb meaning “to circulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se mouvoir circulairement. Se dit des choses que leur mouvement ramène au point de départ, et principalement…”.
What does circuler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to circulate
- 2
to go by, to get around
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se mouvoir circulairement. Se dit des choses que leur mouvement ramène au point de départ, et principalement du sang et de la sève. 2. Se déplacer, en parlant de moyens de transport. 3. Aller çà et là ; aller et venir. 4. Passer, aller de main en main.
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 circuler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- circulant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- circulé participle past
- circule first-person indicative present
- circules indicative present second-person
- circulons first-person indicative plural
- circulez indicative plural present
- circulent indicative plural present
- circulais first-person imperfect indicative
- circulait imperfect indicative singular
- circulions first-person imperfect indicative
- circuliez imperfect indicative plural
- circulaient imperfect indicative plural
- circulai first-person historic indicative
- circulas historic indicative past
- circula historic indicative past
- circulâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circuler?
- /siʁ.ky.le/
- \siʁ.ky.le\
- [siʁ.ky.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to circuler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circuler in French?
circuler appears 8.1 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).