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 Translation for 'circle' from English to French
NOUN   a circle | circles
VERB   to circle | circled | circled
circling | circles
SYNO band | circle | circuit | ...
cercler qc.to circle sth.
aviat.
tourner autour de qc. [avion]
to circle sth.
Nouns
cercle {m}circle
2
filmthéâtre
balcon {m}
circle
coterie {f} [péj.]circle [clique] [pej.]
cercle {m} de discussioncircle [discussion group]
cénacle {m} [d'artistes, d'hommes de lettres, de scientifiques, etc.]circle [of artists, etc]
rond {m}circle [shape]
milieu {m}circle [social standing]
2 Words: Verbs
aviat.orn.
tourner au-dessus de qc. [hélicoptère, oiseau]
to circle over sth.
2 Words: Nouns
géogr.
cercle {m} polaire antarctique
Antarctic Circle
géogr.
cercle {m} polaire arctique
Arctic Circle
sport
rond {m} central
center circle [Am.] [soccer pitch]
sport
rond {m} central
centre circle [Br.] [soccer pitch]
math.stat.
camembert {m} [fig.]
circle chart
math.stat.
graphique {m} circulaire
circle chart
math.stat.
graphique {m} en secteurs
circle chart
danse
danse {f} giratoire
circle dance
math.
cercle {m} circonscrit
circumscribed circle
agr.ésot.
agroglyphe {m}
crop circle
agr.ésot.
cercle {m} de culture
crop circle
théâtre
premier balcon {m}
dress circle [Br.]
entourage {m} [famille]family circle
sociol.
cercle {m} familial
family circle
sociol.
groupe {m} d'amis
friendship circle
hémicycle {m}half circle
géogr.
cercle {m} polaire
polar circle
hémicycle {m}semi-circle
demi-cercle {m}semi-circle
archéo.
enceinte {f} de monolithes
stone circle
trafic
rond-point {m}
traffic circle
trafic
carrefour {m} giratoire
traffic circle [Am.]
auto
sens {m} giratoire
traffic circle [Am.]
trafic
giratoire {m}
traffic circle [Am.] [roundabout]
math.
cercle {m} trigonométrique [syn. : cercle unitaire]
unit circle
théâtre
deuxième balcon {m}
upper circle
cercle {m} vicieuxvicious circle
cycle {m} infernalvicious circle
cercle {m} vertueuxvirtuous circle
3 Words: Verbs
entourer un mot d'un cercleto circle a word
boucler la boucle [aussi fig.]to come full circle [also fig.]
math.
tracer un rond
to draw a circle
faire (le problème de) la quadrature du cercle [loc.]to square the circle [idiom]
résoudre (le problème de) la quadrature du cercle [loc.]to square the circle [idiom]
3 Words: Nouns
entourage {m} [amis]circle (of friends)
mus.
cycle {m} des quintes
circle of fifths
sociol.
groupe {m} d'amis
circle of friends
mouvance {f}circle of influence
pol.
zone {f} d'influence
circle of influence
pol.
sphère {f} d'influence
circle of influence
anat.
polygone {m} de Willis [aussi : cercle artériel du cerveau]
circle of Willis [also: Willis' circle, loop of Willis, cerebral arterial circle, and Willis polygon]
géogr.
distance {f} orthodromique
great-circle distance
géogr.
orthodromie {f}
great-circle navigation
math.
méthode {f} du cercle de séparation
splitting circle method
math.
quadrature {f} du cercle
squaring the circle
4 Words: Verbs
s'asseoir en rondto sit in a circle
4 Words: Nouns
math.
arc {m} de cercle
arc of a circle
théâtre
fauteuil {m} de balcon
seat in the circle
math.
secteur {m} circulaire
sector (of a circle)
5+ Words: Others
La boucle est bouclée. [loc.]The wheel has come full circle. [idiom]
La boucle est bouclée. [loc.]The wheel has turned full circle. [idiom]
5+ Words: Verbs
danse
danser en rond
to dance (round) in a circle
s'introduire dans un milieuto gain entry to a (social) circle
Fiction (Literature and Film)
filmF
Mrs Parker et le Cercle vicieux
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle [Alan Rudolph]
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Translation for 'circle' from English to French

to circle sth.
cercler qc.

tourner autour de qc. [avion]aviat.

circle
cercle {m}

balcon {m}filmthéâtre
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circle [clique] [pej.]
coterie {f} [péj.]
circle [discussion group]
cercle {m} de discussion
circle [of artists, etc]
cénacle {m} [d'artistes, d'hommes de lettres, de scientifiques, etc.]
circle [shape]
rond {m}
circle [social standing]
milieu {m}

to circle over sth.
tourner au-dessus de qc. [hélicoptère, oiseau]aviat.orn.

Antarctic Circle
cercle {m} polaire antarctiquegéogr.
Arctic Circle
cercle {m} polaire arctiquegéogr.
center circle [Am.] [soccer pitch]
rond {m} centralsport
centre circle [Br.] [soccer pitch]
rond {m} centralsport
circle chart
camembert {m} [fig.]math.stat.

graphique {m} circulairemath.stat.

graphique {m} en secteursmath.stat.
circle dance
danse {f} giratoiredanse
circumscribed circle
cercle {m} circonscritmath.
crop circle
agroglyphe {m}agr.ésot.

cercle {m} de cultureagr.ésot.
dress circle [Br.]
premier balcon {m}théâtre
family circle
entourage {m} [famille]

cercle {m} familialsociol.
friendship circle
groupe {m} d'amissociol.
half circle
hémicycle {m}
polar circle
cercle {m} polairegéogr.
semi-circle
hémicycle {m}

demi-cercle {m}
stone circle
enceinte {f} de monolithesarchéo.
traffic circle
rond-point {m}trafic
traffic circle [Am.]
carrefour {m} giratoiretrafic

sens {m} giratoireauto
traffic circle [Am.] [roundabout]
giratoire {m}trafic
unit circle
cercle {m} trigonométrique [syn. : cercle unitaire]math.
upper circle
deuxième balcon {m}théâtre
vicious circle
cercle {m} vicieux

cycle {m} infernal
virtuous circle
cercle {m} vertueux

to circle a word
entourer un mot d'un cercle
to come full circle [also fig.]
boucler la boucle [aussi fig.]
to draw a circle
tracer un rondmath.
to square the circle [idiom]
faire (le problème de) la quadrature du cercle [loc.]

résoudre (le problème de) la quadrature du cercle [loc.]

circle (of friends)
entourage {m} [amis]
circle of fifths
cycle {m} des quintesmus.
circle of friends
groupe {m} d'amissociol.
circle of influence
mouvance {f}

zone {f} d'influencepol.

sphère {f} d'influencepol.
circle of Willis [also: Willis' circle, loop of Willis, cerebral arterial circle, and Willis polygon]
polygone {m} de Willis [aussi : cercle artériel du cerveau]anat.
great-circle distance
distance {f} orthodromiquegéogr.
great-circle navigation
orthodromie {f}géogr.
splitting circle method
méthode {f} du cercle de séparationmath.
squaring the circle
quadrature {f} du cerclemath.

to sit in a circle
s'asseoir en rond

arc of a circle
arc {m} de cerclemath.
seat in the circle
fauteuil {m} de balconthéâtre
sector (of a circle)
secteur {m} circulairemath.

The wheel has come full circle. [idiom]
La boucle est bouclée. [loc.]
The wheel has turned full circle. [idiom]
La boucle est bouclée. [loc.]

to dance (round) in a circle
danser en ronddanse
to gain entry to a (social) circle
s'introduire dans un milieu

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle [Alan Rudolph]
Mrs Parker et le Cercle vicieuxfilmF
Usage Examples English
  • The board is composed of a large circle with an inner middle circle.
  • In geometry, a centered trochoid is the roulette formed by a circle rolling along another circle.
  • Ward Circle is a traffic circle at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues in Northwest Washington, D.C.
  • So the inverse of a circle is the same circle if and only if it intersects the unit circle at right angles.
  • Garces Memorial Traffic Circle, informally known as Garces Circle or just "The Circle", is a traffic circle in Bakersfield, California.

  • The northern circle is smaller and consists of rounded river stones (which also fill the southern circle).
  • In 1881, the government divided the Chittagong Hill Tracts into Chakma Circle, Bohmong Circle, and Mong Circle. Each circle was headed by a chief.
  • traffic inside the circle has the right-of-way and traffic entering the circle must yield.
  • The arc of the circle is only used in traditional construction paradigms for the purposes of circle-circle and circle-line intersections, thus if constructions #4 and #5 are satisfiable without the arc of the circle, then this will prove non-necessity of drawing the arc.
  • Furthermore, Möbius transformations map generalized circles to generalized circles since circle inversion has this property.

  • As with dual polyhedra, one can take a circle (be it the inscribed circle, circumscribed circle, or if both exist, their midcircle) and perform polar reciprocation in it.
  • In geometry, the Bankoff circle or Bankoff triplet circle is a certain Archimedean circle that can be constructed from an arbelos; an Archimedean circle is any circle with area equal to each of Archimedes' twin circles.
  • Duloe stone circle or Duloe circle is a stone circle near the village of Duloe, located [...] from Looe in southeast Cornwall, England, UK.
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