Circe
/ˈsɜː.si/US/ˈsɝ.si/
Circe proper noun: an enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
Proper noun
Circe
- An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
- A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.
- Here is a nice state of affairs. I, at my age, to fall a victim to this modern Circe!1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.
- Synonyms:
- 34 Circe, ㉞
- A chess variant, often used in fairy chess problems, where pieces return to their starting square after being captured.
Circe meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Kannada
Circe in Tamil
- மாயக்காரி
Circe in Marathi
- enchantress in Greek mythology
- सर्सी sarsī, किर्के kirke
- Asteroid
- सर्सी sarsī
Circe in Kannada
- ಮಾಟಗಾತಿ, ಮೋಹಿನಿ, ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ಸುಂದರಿ
Synonyms of Circe
- 34 Circe
- ㉞
Origin of Circe
Borrowed from Latin Circē.
Words formed from Circe
Phrases with Circe
Words that rhyme with Circe
Questions about Circe
- What does Circe mean?
- Circe means an enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
- What is Circe in Tamil?
- Circe in Tamil is மாயக்காரி. See Circe meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Circe?
- Circe is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Circe?
- Circe is pronounced /ˈsɜː.si/ (UK).
Words near Circe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Circe (page history and authors); circe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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