около

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *okolo, from *kolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔkoɫo]

Preposition

о́коло • (ókolo)

1. round, around
2. by, next to
3. about, approximately
4. with respect to, in reference to, with reference to

Derived terms

• око́лен (okólen), око́лност (okólnost)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo, from *kolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokəɫə]

• Audio:

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Preposition

о́коло • (ókolo) [with genitive]

1. near, around, about, by

   Synonym: приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno)

   • 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Гриша, Санкт-Петербург: Осколки; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Grisha, 1922:

     Тут мно́го ды́ма, па́хнет жарки́м и кака́я-то же́нщина стои́т о́коло пе́чки и жа́рит котле́ты.

     Tut mnógo dýma, páxnet žarkím i kakája-to žénščina stoít ókolo péčki i žárit kotléty.

     Here there is a great deal of smoke, there is a smell of roast meat, and a woman is standing by the stove frying cutlets.

Derived terms

Compounds:

• вокру́г да о́коло (vokrúg da ókolo)

Phrases

• ходи́ть вокру́г да о́коло impf (xodítʹ vokrúg da ókolo)

Related terms

Close related:

• око́лица f (okólica)
• око́льный (okólʹnyj)

Other:

• колесо́ n (kolesó) (See for more)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “около”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôkolo/
• Hyphenation: о‧ко‧ло

Adverb

о̏коло (Latin spelling ȍkolo)

1. around

Preposition

о̏коло (Latin spelling ȍkolo) [with genitive]

1. around

   около куће ― around the house

Further reading

• “около”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025