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circ
circus /ˈtʃirk/
noun#3203 most common
Also: chaos, mess (figurative, colloquial)
Example sentences
Copiii merg la circ.
The children go to the circus.
Circul are lei și elefanți.
The circus has lions and elephants.
Am fost la circ duminică trecută cu familia mea.
I went to the circus last Sunday with my family.
Biletele la circul din oraș s-au epuizat rapid.
Tickets to the circus in town sold out quickly.
Copilăria mea e legată de mirosul de popcorn din circurile ambulante.
My childhood is tied to the smell of popcorn from traveling circuses.
Ședința s-a transformat într-un adevărat circ, cu toată lumea vorbind în același timp.
The meeting turned into a real circus, with everyone talking at once.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | circ | circuri |
| Genitive | circ | circuri |
| Accusative | circ | circuri |
| Vocative | circ | circuri |
Word family
circarinformal: circus performer, showman
circărescof or like a circus, garish
circărealăinformal: rowdy scene, tomfoolery
Etymology
Circ entered Romanian in the 19th century through French cirque, part of a wave of French loanwords that modernized Romanian vocabulary. Cirque itself descends from Latin circus, meaning ring or circular enclosure, used for the arenas of Roman games. The word's deeper origin is disputed: some scholars trace it to Greek kirkos, ring, but the further root is not settled, so no single Indo-European root can be stated with confidence.
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