noun
cirque
A circus or circuslike performance.
The cirque performance combines aerial acrobatics, live music, and theatrical lighting.
Etymology
The French word means circus. Borrowed into English in this sense, it identifies a circus performance or presentation with the same kind of spectacle.
More examples
- The festival hosts a contemporary cirque.
- She trains for an ambitious cirque production.
- A small cirque troupe arrives for the weekend.
Forms
cirque · cirques
Similar words
- circus
- Circus is the usual English term; cirque is a French borrowing often used for a style of performance.