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cir·clet (sûr

A small circle, especially a circular ornament.

[Middle English cerclet, from Old French, diminutive of cercle, circle; see circle.]

circlet [ˈsɜːklɪt]

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) a small circle or ring, esp a circular ornament worn on the head

[from Old French cerclet a little circle]

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Noun	1.	circlet - a small circle circle - ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
	2.	circlet - decorated metal band worn around the head adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

Translations

circlet [ˈsɜːklɪt] N (worn on head) → diadema f; (worn on finger) → anillo m; (worn on arm) → aro m, brazalete m

circlet

n → Reif m

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adornment annulet band circle Circulet cirque coronal coronet crown Crowned crowning diadem engagement ring Hair, Curly hat hoop jewellery jewelry mourning ring			He wore in addition to his leathern trappings and jewelled ornaments a great circlet of gold about his brow in the exact centre of which was set an immense stone, the exact counterpart of that which I had seen upon the breast of the little old man at the atmosphere plant nearly twenty years before. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Napoleon, standing on the knoll, looked through a field glass, and in its small circlet saw smoke and men, sometimes his own and sometimes Russians, but when he looked again with the naked eye, he could not tell where what he had seen was. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Joe succeeded in cutting the caoutchouc jointings above the car, but when he came to the pipes he found it more difficult to disengage them, because they were held by their upper extremity and fastened by wires to the very circlet of the valve. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context			Circe Circean Circensial Circinal circinate Circination Circinus Circis siliquastrum circle circle around Circle at infinity circle graph Circle of altitude circle of curvature Circle of declination Circle of latitude Circle of perpetual apparition Circle of perpetual occultation Circle of the gorge Circle of the sphere circle of Willis circle round Circled Circler Circles of longitude circlet circlip Circlorama Circocele circs circuit circuit binding circuit board circuit breaker circuit card circuit court circuit court of appeals circuit judge Circuit of action circuit rider circuit training Circuiteer Circuiter Circuition circuitous circuitously circuitousness circuitry circuity Circulable circular			circler circler circler circler circler circles circles circles circles circles circles circles Circles from Fingers Organisation Circles of Doom Circles Of Interest Circles of latitude Circles of latitude Circles of longitude Circles of Love Bible Church Circles of Support and Accountability circles the waggons circles the waggons circles the waggons circles the waggons circles the waggons circles the wagons circles the wagons circles the wagons circles the wagons circles the wagons circlet circlets Circleville Circleville Bible College circline lamp circling circling circling circling circling circling circling circling approach area circling disease Circling Minimum Descent Altitude Circling The Drain Circling The Drain circling the waggons circling the waggons circling the waggons circling the waggons circling the waggons circling the wagons circling the wagons circling the wagons circling the wagons circling the wagons Circlip Circlip circlips Circlorama

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