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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: cir‧kus
Noun
cirkus m inan
- circus
Declension
Declension of cirkus (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “cirkus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cirkus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Zirkus, from Latin circus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sǐrkus/
- Hyphenation: cir‧kus
Noun
cìrkus m (Cyrillic spelling цѝркус)
- circus (a traveling company of performers)
Declension
References
- “cirkus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin circus.
(adverb): Same as Norwegian Nynorsk sirkus.
Pronunciation
Noun
cirkus c
- circus; a traveling company of performers
Declension
Derived terms
Adverb
cirkus (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Synonym of cirka (“circa”)
Further reading