cerce

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cerche, from Old French cerche, probably from a Vulgar Latin *circa (compare northern Italian cerca, Spanish and Portuguese cerca), from the feminine of Latin circus. In modern French, the form cerce was probably due to progressive assimilation or from influence from cerceau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁs/

Noun

cerce f (plural cerces)

1. (architecture) curve of an arch
2. (mathematics) spline

Related terms

• chercher
• cercle
• cerceau
• cirque

Further reading

• “cerce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃert͡ʃe]

Verb

cerce

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of cerca