hemiciclo

From Latin hemicyclium, from Ancient Greek. Compare French hémicycle. By surface analysis, hemi- +‎ ciclo.

• Rhymes: -iklu
• Hyphenation: he‧mi‧ci‧clo

hemiciclo m (plural hemiciclos)

1. semicircle, hemicycle
2. (politics) floor (the part of the house assigned to the members of a parliament)

• “hemiciclo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hemiciclo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “hemiciclo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “hemiciclo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “hemiciclo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “hemiciclo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French hémicycle, from Latin hemicyclĭum, from Ancient Greek ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (hēmĭkŭ́klĭon). By surface analysis, hemi- +‎ ciclo.

• IPA^(key): /emiˈθiklo/ [e.miˈθi.klo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /emiˈsiklo/ [e.miˈsi.klo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iklo
• Syllabification: he‧mi‧ci‧clo

hemiciclo m (plural hemiciclos)

1. semicircle
2. (politics) chamber

• “hemiciclo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025