encircle

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜːkəl/, (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsɜɹkəl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(r)kəl

Etymology

Verb

encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)

(transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
To move or go around completely.

Translations

surround

Aromanian: ntsircljedz
Bulgarian: обкръжавам (bg) (obkrǎžavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包圍 (zh), 包围 (zh) (bāowéi), 環繞 (zh), 环绕 (zh) (huánrào)
Dutch: omsingelen (nl)
Finnish: ympäröidä (fi), saartaa (fi)
French: encercler (fr) f
Friulian: cenzi, cercenâ, circundâ, contornâ
German: umzingeln
Hungarian: körbevesz (hu)
Ido: encirkligar (io)
Irish: ciorclaigh

Italian: accerchiare (it), circondare (it), contornare, cingere (it)
Maori: whakatāewa (as an enemy), whawhe, awhe
Mongolian: тойруулах (tojruulah)
Persian: فراگیری‎‎ (fa) (farāgīrī), محاصره‎‎ (fa) (mohāsere)
Portuguese: cercar (pt)
Romanian: înconjura (ro), încercui (ro), împresura (ro)
Russian: окружа́ть (ru) impf (okružátʹ), окружи́ть (ru) pf (okružítʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich
Serbo-Croatian: okružiti (sh), zaokružiti (sh)
Spanish: rodear (es)
Telugu: గిరికొను (girikonu), చుట్టుకొను (te) (cuṭṭukonu)

to move or go around completely

Maori: taiāwhio

Persian: فراگرفتن‎‎ (fa) (farāgeregtan), محاصره کردن‎‎ (fa) (mohāsere kardan)

Derived terms

encirclement

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