cirquePronunciation: /səːk/Definition of cirque noun 1 Geology a half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion. Also called corrie or cwm. 2 literary a ring, circlet, or circle. Origin: late 17th century (in cirque (sense 2)): from French, from Latin circuscirque in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of cirque in the US English dictionary
