sorcas
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈsˠɔɾˠkəsˠ/, /ˈsˠʌɾˠkəsˠ/
noun
Definitions
- (travelling) circus
Etymology
Borrowed from English circus derived from Latin circus (circle, ring, racecourse, circus, space for games) derived from Ancient Greek κίρκος (ring, circle, racecourse, circus).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κίρκος
Gloss
ring, circle, racecourse, circus
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
円
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticircus English
- circus English
- circusgoer English
- circusiana English
- circusless English
- circuslike English
- circusy English
- noncircus English
- *circa Latin
- *circārium Latin
- circa Latin
- circensis Latin
- circiter Latin
- circo Latin
- circulus Latin
- circus Latin
- circō Latin
- Zirkus German
- circo Italian
- circus Dutch, Flemish
- cirque French
- цирк Russian
- cerco Spanish, Castilian
- circo Spanish, Castilian
- κίρκος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *sker Proto-Indo-European
- sirkus Norwegian Bokmål
- circo Portuguese
- サーカス Japanese
- cyrk Polish
- sirkus Norwegian Nynorsk
- circ Catalan, Valencian
- sirkus Icelandic
- सर्कस Hindi
- cerc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- curcubeu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bezirc Middle High German
- ဆပ်ကပ် Burmese
- qark Albanian
- צירק Yiddish
- cerco Old Portuguese
- sarakasi Swahili
- circ Occitan
- 서커스 Korean
- circu Asturian
- saakis Fiji Hindi