cirkus

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circusbor.

Czech cirkus

Borrowed from Latin circus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪrkus]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cir‧kus

Noun

cirkus m inan

1. circus

Declension

Declension of cirkus (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	cirkus	cirkusy
genitive	cirkusu	cirkusů
dative	cirkusu	cirkusům
accusative	cirkus	cirkusy
vocative	cirkuse	cirkusy
locative	cirkuse, cirkusu	cirkusech
instrumental	cirkusem	cirkusy

Further reading

• “cirkus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cirkus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin circus.

Noun

cirkus

1. circus; a traveling company of performers

Inflection

Declension of cirkus

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cirkus	cirkusset	cirkusser	cirkusserne
genitive	cirkus’	cirkussets	cirkussers	cirkussernes

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zirkus, from Latin circus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sǐrkus/
• Hyphenation: cir‧kus

Noun

cìrkus m inan (Cyrillic spelling цѝркус)

1. circus (a traveling company of performers)

Declension

Declension of cirkus

	singular	plural
nominative	cirkus	cirkusi
genitive	cirkusa	cirkusa
dative	cirkusu	cirkusima
accusative	cirkus	cirkuse
vocative	cirkuse	cirkusi
locative	cirkusu	cirkusima
instrumental	cirkusom	cirkusima

References

• “cirkus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin circus.

(adverb): Same as Norwegian Nynorsk sirkus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

cirkus c

1. circus; a traveling company of performers

Declension

Declension of cirkus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cirkus	cirkus
	definite	cirkusen	cirkusens
plural	indefinite	cirkusar	cirkusars
	definite	cirkusarna	cirkusarnas

Derived terms

• cirkusarena
• cirkusartist
• cirkusclown
• cirkusdirektör
• cirkuselefant
• cirkusföreställning
• cirkushäst
• cirkuskonst
• cirkusnummer
• cirkusprinsessa
• cirkusskola
• cirkussällskap
• cirkustält
• cirkusvagn
• loppcirkus
• nycirkus

Adverb

cirkus (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) synonym of cirka (“circa”)

Further reading

• “cirkus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• cirkus in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)