hémicycle

Learned borrowing from Latin hēmicyclium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμικύκλιον (hēmikúklion).

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /e.mi.sikl/

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hémicycle m (plural hémicycles)

1. semicircle

   Synonym: demi-cercle

2. (politics) the benches of the French National Assembly or a foreign parliamentary setting similarly configured

• amphithéâtre

• “hémicycle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.