English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] en- circle
Pronunciation [ edit ] encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles present participle encircling simple past and past participle encircled
( transitive ) surround , form a circle around.To move or go around completely.
1996 The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer , page 385 :It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] surround
Aromanian: ntsircljedz
Bulgarian: обкръжавам (bg) ( obkrǎžavam )
Catalan: encerclar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包圍 ／ 包围 (zh) ( bāowéi ) , 環繞 ／ 环绕 (zh) ( huánrào )
Dutch: omsingelen (nl)
Esperanto: ĉirkaŭi (eo)
Finnish: ympäröidä (fi) , saartaa (fi)
French: encercler (fr) f
Friulian: cenzi cercenâ circundâ contornâ
Galician: cercar
German: umzingeln (de) , einfassen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: κυκλόω ( kuklóō )
Hungarian: körbevesz (hu)
Ido: encirkligar (io)
Irish: ciorclaigh timpeallaigh
Italian: accerchiare (it) , circondare (it) , contornare (it) , cingere (it)
Latin: circumdō
Manchu: ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ ( torhombi )
Maori: whakatāewa ( as an enemy ) , whawhe awhe ponitaka tarawhiti
Mongolian: тойруулах ( tojruulax )
Ottoman Turkish: چنبرلمك ( çemberlemek )
Persian: فراگیری (fa) ( farâgiri ) , محاصره (fa) ( mohâsere )
Polish: okrążać (pl) impf okrążyć (pl) pf otaczać (pl) impf otoczyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: cercar (pt)
Romanian: înconjura (ro) , încercui (ro) , împresura (ro)
Russian: окружа́ть (ru) impf ( okružátʹ ) , окружи́ть (ru) pf ( okružítʹ )
Sanskrit: वेवेष्टि (sa) ( veveṣṭi )
Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich
Serbo-Croatian: okružiti (sh) , zaokružiti (sh)
Spanish: rodear (es)
Telugu: గిరికొను ( girikonu ) , చుట్టుకొను (te) ( cuṭṭukonu )
Ukrainian: ото́чувати impf ( otóčuvaty ) , оточи́ти pf ( otočýty )
Welsh: cylchu (cy) , amgylchynu (cy)
to move or go around completely
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