hémicycle
French, noun/e.mi.sikl/
hémicycle is spelled H-É-M-I-C-Y-C-L-E (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hémicycle is a French masculine noun meaning “semicircle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu en demi-cercle, amphithéâtre”.
What does hémicycle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemicircle
- 2
masculinethe benches of the French National Assembly or a foreign parliamentary setting similarly configured
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu en demi-cercle, amphithéâtre. 2. Salle plénière de la chambre des députés de la République française. 3. Dispositif en bois qui sert à soutenir les pierres d’une voûte en construction.
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 hémicycle
- hémicycles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hémicycle?
- /e.mi.sikl/
- \e.mi.sikl\
- [e.mi.sikl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hémicycle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hémicycle in French?
hémicycle appears 1.8 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).