enclose

English

Alternative forms

• inclose (was as common as or more common than enclose until the early 1800s, is now uncommon)

Etymology

From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudō, *inclaudere, from Latin inclūdō (doublet of include), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Equivalent to en- +‎ close.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ənˈkloʊz/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkləʊz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkloʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

enclose (third-person singular simple present encloses, present participle enclosing, simple past and past participle enclosed)

1. (transitive) to surround with a wall, fence, etc.

   to enclose lands

2. (transitive) to insert into a container, usually an envelope or package

   Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you require a reply.

Usage notes

• Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser and enclosure, with in- (i.e. as inclose, incloser, inclosure). Since 1820, the forms with en- have predominated.

Synonyms

• (to surround with a wall &c.): incastellate, encastellate (used for cisterns, fountains, &c.); see also fortify

Translations

surround, fence in

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: заграждам (bg) (zagraždam), обграждам (bg) (obgraždam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 围绕 (zh), 包围 (zh) (bāowéi)

• Cornish: keas, parkya
• Czech: uzavřít (cs)
• Dutch: omheinen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: ümbritsema (et)
• Finnish: ympäröidä (fi), aidata (fi) (with fence)
• Galician: choer (gl), cercar
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek:

  Ancient: περιέχω (periékhō)

• Hungarian: elkerít (hu), bekerít (hu)
• Irish: crioslaigh, fálaigh, timpeallaigh
• Italian: cintare (it)
• Khmer: វាំង (km) (vĕəng)
• Latin: saepiō, arceō, circumdō
• Maori: taiepa, meri, tāepa, ponitaka
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innfatte, omslutte

• Old English: tȳnan
• Portuguese: cercar (pt)
• Russian: огражда́ть (ru) impf (ograždátʹ), огради́ть (ru) pf (ogradítʹ), загражда́ть (ru) impf (zagraždátʹ), загради́ть (ru) pf (zagradítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich
• Slovene: zagraditi, ograditi
• Swedish: innesluta (sv), omringa (sv), inhägna (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: wāl-
• Ukrainian: оточувати (otočuvaty), обмежувати (obmežuvaty)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: amgáu (cy)

insert

• Bulgarian: прилагам (bg) (prilagam)
• Danish: vedlægge (da), tilføje
• Dutch: bijvoegen (nl), insluiten (nl)
• Esperanto: almeti (eo)
• Finnish: paketoida (fi), kääriä (fi), purkittaa (fi), laittaa mukaan, sisällyttää (fi)
• German: beifügen (de), einschliessen (de)
• Hebrew: צרף‎ (he)
• Hungarian: csatol (hu)
• Irish: cuir faoi iamh
• Maori: kōpaki
• Norwegian: vedlegge, tilføye
• Portuguese: colocar (pt)
• Russian: прилага́ть (ru) impf (prilagátʹ), приложи́ть (ru) pf (priložítʹ), вкла́дывать (ru) impf (vkládyvatʹ), вложи́ть (ru) pf (vložítʹ)
• Slovene: priložiti, vložiti
• Swedish: bifoga (sv), innesluta (sv), tillfoga (sv)
• Ukrainian: вкладати (vkladaty), укладати (ukladaty)
• Welsh: amgáu (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ampleksi

See also

• encircle
• encloser
• enclosable

Anagrams

• coleens