Plural of cirque
regular plural
The plural of cirque is cirques.
Forms of cirque
| Singular | cirque /sɜːk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | cirques |
| Countable | countable |
Cirques in a sentence
- Of course it's going to be bad whenever the clouds let loose, but up here pussyfooting along the perimeter of toothy cirques and dead drops of anywhere from eighty to three hundred feet, it would be a disaster.1981, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, Water Music, London: Granta Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 344
- Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks.2008, Andrea M. J. Coronato, Fernando Coronato, Elizabeth Mazzoni, Miriam Vásquez, “The Physical Geography of Patagonia and Tierra del...
- They are variously described as simple, compound, hanging, tandem or two-staired, intersecting and nivation cirques.1968, William David Thornbury, Principles of geomorphology, page 358. From the entry staired
Meaning of cirque
- noun A Roman circus.
- noun A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
- noun Something in the shape of a circle or ring.
Questions about the plural of cirque
- What is the plural of cirque?
- The plural of cirque is cirques.
- Is cirque countable?
- Cirque is a countable noun.
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