cirque-aquarium
\siʁk.a.kwa.ʁjɔm\
The verdict
“cirque-aquarium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type particulier de cirque privilégiant les spectacles sous l'eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cirque-aquarium · cirque-aquarium · French
cirque-aquarium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cirque-aquarium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \siʁk.a.kwa.ʁjɔm\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cirque-aquarium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cirque-aquarium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \siʁk.a.kwa.ʁjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cirque-aquarium has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cirque-aquarium, spelled C-I-R-Q-U-E---A-Q-U-A-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Type particulier de cirque privilégiant les spectacles sous l'eau.
- 2Type particulier d'aquarium privilégiant les spectacles de mammifères marins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cirque-aquarium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
McBride, le conservateur des Marine-Studios, le cirque-aquarium de Marineland en Floride, avait redécouvert à ses dépens, en s'efforçant de capturer des dauphins, ce que tous les pêcheurs savaient : […].
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.