cerc

Borrowed from Latin cercus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛrk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛɾk]

cerc m (plural cercs)

1. cercus

cerc

1. (Balearic, Alghero) first-person singular present indicative of cercar

• “cerc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cerc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cerc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From Proto-Celtic *kerkā, imitative of harsh sounds, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, same source as Latin cornix (“crow”).

• IPA^(key): /kʲerk/

cerc f

1. hen (female chicken)
2. female of other birds

• cercdae

• Irish: cearc
• Manx: kiark
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerk]

Inherited from Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos). Compare circ, a borrowed doublet.

cerc n (plural cercuri)

1. a circle

cerc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cerca