circus – English noun declension

English noun forms of circus

Noun: circus
Singularcircus
Pluralcircuses

Sample Sentences

  • The circus will be in town next week.
  • Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
  • The village would be turned into a circus over this. He groaned, it was just the sort of case the media had a field day over. He had to get the whole thing sorted fast before anyone got wind of it. [2009, Christine Brooks, A Quiet Village, page 81:]
  • "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly. "After all, it's entirely your circus. Shall we stay here and—" [1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:]
  • The circus of puffins were pictured by Alana Willox who was out on a walk at the Bullers of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire on Sunday. [2022 April 20, Darren McConachie, “Scots amateur photographer captures stunning images of puffins”, in Deadline:]
  • A 'CIRCUS' of puffins will take flight to their new perches over the next few days, after their official unveiling at Government House. [2023 March 30, “Parade puffins officially unveiled at Government House”, in Guernsey Press:]
  • The narrow circus of my dungeon wall. [1817, Lord Byron, The Lament of Tasso:]

Nouns inflected like circus

rebus, circus, chorus,

Etymology

From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”). See: Latin Nouns 'circus', Ancient Greek Nouns 'κρίκος', Old English Nouns 'hring', English Nouns 'ring', Old English Nouns 'hringsetl'.

Verbs referencing "circus"

Polish Nouns cyrk, Irish Nouns sorcas.