okolo

See also: około, ôkoło, około-, and òkòło

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Czech okolo

Czech okolo

Inherited from Old Czech okolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokolo]

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Preposition

okolo [with genitive]

1. around

   Šel okolo našeho domu. ― He went around our house.

Adverb

okolo

1. around

   Šel jenom tak okolo. ― He just only went around.

Related terms

adjective

• okolní

nouns

• okolek
• okolí
• okolík
• okolnost

Further reading

• “okolo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “okolo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “okolo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôkolo/
• Hyphenation: o‧ko‧lo

Adverb

ȍkolo (Cyrillic spelling о̏коло)

1. around

Preposition

ȍkolo (Cyrillic spelling о̏коло) [with genitive]

1. around

   okolo kuće ― around the house

Further reading

• “okolo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “okolo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔkɔlɔ/, [ˈɔkɔlɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ

Preposition

okolo [with genitive]

1. around
2. in the neighborhood of

   Okolo Súče vodička tečie. ― In the neighborhood of Súča water flows.

Further reading

• “okolo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026