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Circe en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɝ.si/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈsɜː.si/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

Meanings

  1. (Greek) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
  2. 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:
  3. 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.
  4. A chess variant, often used in fairy chess problems, where pieces return to their starting square after being captured.

Deriveds

plant of Circe · Circean

Synonyms

㉞ · 34 Circe

Translations (26)

it Circe (enchantress in Greek mythology) · fi Kirke (enchantress in Greek mythology) · cmn 巫神星 (Asteroid) · frm Circe (enchantress in Greek mythology) · da Kirke (enchantress in Greek mythology) · grc Κίρκη (enchantress in Greek mythology) · scn Circi (enchantress in Greek mythology) · mr किर्के (enchantress in Greek mythology) · es Circe (enchantress in Greek mythology) · iu ᓯᕐᓯ (enchantress in Greek mythology) · fr Circé (Asteroid) · mr सर्सी (Asteroid) · ru Ки́рка (enchantress in Greek mythology) · de Kirke (enchantress in Greek mythology) · scn Circi (Asteroid) · et Kirke (enchantress in Greek mythology) · ru Цирце́я (enchantress in Greek mythology) · uk Кі́рка (enchantress in Greek mythology) · hu Kirké (enchantress in Greek mythology) · cmn 喀耳刻 (enchantress in Greek mythology) · la Circe (enchantress in Greek mythology) · kl Kirke (enchantress in Greek mythology) · fr Circé (enchantress in Greek mythology) · el Κίρκη (enchantress in Greek mythology) · uk Цирце́я (enchantress in Greek mythology) · mr सर्सी (enchantress in Greek mythology)