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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
Noun
cerce f (plural cerces)
- (architecture) curve of an arch
- (mathematics) spline
Further reading
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
cerce
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of cerca