Definition of CIRQUE

cirque

Plural: cirques

Noun

  • a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
  • A Roman circus.
  • A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
  • Something in the shape of a circle or ring.
  • pl. -S a deep, steep-walled basin on a mountain

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French cirque (“circular arena; cirque”), from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring; racecourse, circus”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). Doublet of circus.

Synonyms

corrie, cwm, circle, combe, ring

Scrabble Score: 17

cirque: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cirque: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cirque: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

cirque is a valid Words With Friends word